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 ...

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 ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. YouTuber "whatnooowaaay," has attracted a lot of attention with a tool hack video showcasing an unusual solution for cleaning bolt threads. In ...

Bolt Threads has entered into a definitive business combination agreement with Golden Arrow Merger Corp. (Nasdaq: GAMC) that values Bolt Threads at $250M Transaction expected to enable high-volume ...

The silkworm has nothing on the spider when it comes to durability and variety, but no one had been able to figure out how to get those arachnids to spin on command until three scientists with Ph.D.s ...

Biotechnology is about to get a major breakthrough in the textiles department – a market-ready manmade spider silk product is launching at SXSW this weekend. Bolt Threads, a San Francisco-based ...

Materials innovation startup Bolt Threads introduced its second biomaterial today – a leather made from mycelium, the roots of a mushroom. The new leather, which it calls Mylo, will debut on a bag by ...

When a bolt or screw breaks off it leaves the hot rodder feeling befuddled and without hope. But take heart—Summit Racing Equipment, Harbor Freight, and Dave Akard of Burbank Speed are here to help ...

You’ve probably heard plenty of startups claim they can “revolutionize” their industry, but in the case of Bolt Threads, they may actually be right. The California-based biotechnology startup is ...

If Frank Fiedler, head of one of Germany’s oldest tanneries, feels threatened by the surging popularity of plant-based and fungal leather alternatives, he isn’t showing it. “If these new materials are ...

Bolt Threads, the Emeryville biotech company that wants to change the way the world manufactures textiles, just launched its second lab-grown fabric with Mylo, a leather-like material grown from a ...

A hat made from Rambouillet wool is a perfectly nice hat. The fiber, shorn from a Rambouillet sheep, is fine and soft. Not at all scratchy. “They call it the American merino,” says Dan Widmaier, the ...