There are numerous reasons why a bolt might be too long for its intended use on a project. The first is the bolt needs to be shortened in order to fit into place. It might also be for cosmetic reasons ...

Bolt Threads, a company founded in 2009 to create the next generation of advanced materials, announced a multi-project collaboration with Ginkgo Bioworks. Bolt hopes to optimize the production ...

It may not look like a bunch of cobwebs, but the tie you see above was spun from the same material spiders spin out from their behinds. The difference is this thread was mass-produced from fermented ...

In April, the startup Bolt Threads, which develops plant-based fibers like genetically engineered spider silk, debuted a new material called Mylo. Using mycelium, the surprisingly durable root ...

Bolt Threads has been one long science experiment. Founded six years ago by three PhD scientists, the company makes genetically-engineered fabric it grows in fermentation vats. But now the company ...

Transaction Will Help Accelerate Bolt Threads’ Pioneering Biomaterials Platform, Scaling its Sustainable Materials in the Consumer Goods Industry, Starting With Beauty and Personal Care BERKELEY, ...

Our spidey senses are tingling over here. According to an SEC filing, TechCrunch has learned Bolt Threads, the biotech company spinning microbes into spider silk, is raising a whopping $106 million in ...

Few things disturb us more than the bewilderment of a broken bolt or seized pipe plug in a casting. You’re at a loss for how to get the darned thing out. This is when you have to slow down and come up ...

For years, materials scientists have been trying to figure out a way to give consumers broad access to the benefits of spider silk. As a naturally occurring supermaterial, spider silk is five times ...

BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bolt Threads, Inc. (Nasdaq: BSLK) (“Bolt Threads”), a pioneer in sustainable biomaterials for consumer products, today reported the closing of its previously ...