When people talk about the fabric of life, they most often mean it metaphorically. But many of the most basic materials humans touch and use everyday are made from fabrics. From bed sheets, clothing, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON — Carlo Centonze is in the business of making textiles smarter, able to resist a virus and stay fresh and dry after hours ...

Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...

The nonprofit commissioned environmental analyses of mechanically recycled cotton yarn, thermomechanically recycled polyester ...

Earlier this year, MIT researchers unveiled a line of “smart clothes” that are able to track your every physical movement. Literally. Now, in an unrelated research effort, scientists at Fudan ...

Walking into ECOALF’s Berlin outpost feels like stepping into any other high-concept clothing store. Racks are filled tastefully with just enough styles and the bare concrete walls showcase a mix of ...

A new type of strong and flexible yarn with practical electronic properties has been made by researchers in Australia and Ireland. Spun from graphene oxide, the yarn has the highest capacitance ever ...

(Nanowerk News) In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers demonstrated they could print layers of electrically conductive ink on polyester fabric to make an e-textile that could be ...

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of ...

The event, which launched last year in New York City, will launch in Dallas and LA through a partnership among Uniqlo, Piece ...