The textile and fashion sector faces mounting demands for sustainability as the environmental impact of material production, ...

Materials and textile chemists enjoy modifying and improving basic polymers to solve problems. Chemists play a predominant role in materials science to design and synthesize materials with interesting ...

At its annual conference held this October in Pasadena, Calif., Textile Exchange formally debuted its Materials Matter Standard, which connects environmental and climate impacts with upstream supply ...

Seating furniture is frequently not designed for long-term use or simple assembly and disassembly and has a tendency to break ...

A legendary golden fabric once worn only by emperors has made an astonishing comeback. Korean scientists have successfully recreated ancient sea silk—a rare, shimmering fiber prized since Roman ...

Researchers at Drexel University are one step closer to making wearable textile technology a reality. Recently published in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Journal of Material’s Chemistry A, ...

Textiles have been getting smarter for years, but they’re usually fairly limited in size and scope. Now a team of scientists led by Cambridge has woven together a 46-inch textile display, loaded with ...

The textile industry is at a critical point, facing environmental challenges and a pressing need for sustainability. Traditional practices have led to significant ecological footprints, including ...

Fiber-based products and textiles in their overall life cycle significantly contribute to anthropogenic green-house gas emissions, resource consumption and environmental microplastics pollution. To ...