Fast fashion relies heavily on synthetic fibers that are made from oil and gas, fossil fuels that cause climate change.

Ghana is the final stop for the world’s unwanted clothing, where the fast fashion industry’s overflow ends up in bales on the ...

Human Footprint, a docuseries now in its second season on PBS. The latest episode, Dressed to Kill, explores apparel and the ...

A novel class of antenna-impregnated fabrics is proposed for wireless and unobtrusive height measurement on the go. Contrary to conventional infantometer and stadiometer technologies that restrict ...

As fashion’s environmental toll mounts, UNEP is supporting small- and medium-sized textile manufacturers reduce their impact ...

Luckily, there's an easy and affordable solution -- use fabric in place of wallpaper. When applied with a heavy-duty liquid fabric starch or strippable wallpaper glue, fabrics adhere to a wall (or ...

The fabric weight, thickness, warp and weft yarn densities are 115 g/m 2, 0.22 mm, 144 EPI and 72 PPI, respectively. The fabric samples were conditioned, before and after plasma treatment, according ...

Microrobots climbing on fabrics are well-suited for reconnaissance and rescue tasks in indoor environments. However, achieving stable adhesion while maintaining a simplified locomotion mechanism ...

For anything that’s been heavily soiled, air-drying is the smarter bet—you can avoid unwittingly locking in any lingering stains, and air-drying is easier on fabrics. Restoring your white T-shirts ...

Stimulus-responsive materials have great potential in advanced controllable oil/water separation applications. Here, a novel, cost-effective, and green approach is developed to produce a pH-responsive ...

A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans far more comfortable and convenient ...