Norse sails loomed off the shores of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, along the northeastern coast of Great Britain, on June 8, 793. The seafaring invaders sacked the island’s undefended monastery. The ...

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Scientists have engineered a revolutionary silk fabric, dubbed SilkNT, that cools the skin by an impressive 4.3°C without any ...

When we think about engineering and computer science, textiles may not come to mind first. Yet woven forms can be extremely complex and are useful in many scientific applications in addition to being ...

A combined team of chemical and biomolecular engineers from the University of Delaware, and the Center for Plastics Innovation, both in the U.S., has developed a way to chemically separate fibers in ...

The city of Suzhou has a 1,000-year history of silk production, and is renowned as the epicentre of the highly prized fabric. This heritage provides a strong background for Soochow University’s unique ...

Anti-odor clothing may not be living up to its promise, and a researcher is saying it could all be a matter of how the product was tested. Anti-odour clothing may not be living up to its promise, and ...

March 15 (UPI) --Scientists have developed a new strategy for turning plastic into wearable textiles. The breakthrough -- described Monday in the journal Nature Sustainability -- could help ease Earth ...

If fashion wants to turn the tide on the climate crisis, it needs to address greenhouse gas emissions. But fashion tends to view these emissions in isolation from the industry’s environmental ...