Textiles and Clothing News
May 21, 2024
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Apr. 17, 2024 A new fabric-based touch sensor used machine learning to control mobile apps, video games and other devices while integrated into ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers have genetically engineered bacteria to grow animal- and plastic-free leather that dyes ...
Dec. 11, 2023 A single strand of newly developed fiber has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of the polymer, polyaniline. The new material has shown good potential for wearable e-textiles. The researchers tested the fibers with a system that ...
Oct. 26, 2023 FibeRobo is a liquid crystal elastomer fiber that can change its shape in response to thermal stimuli. Compatible with existing textile manufacturing machinery, it could be used to make morphing textiles, like a jacket that changes its insulating ...
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Mar. 6, 2024 At present, viscose textiles are made of biomass from the forest, and there is no such thing as fully recycled viscose. Researchers have now succeeded in making new viscose -- from worn-out cotton ...
Feb. 6, 2024 Researchers have identified a 'sweet spot' at which the length of a threadlike energy storage technology called a 'yarn-shaped supercapacitor' (YSC) yields the highest and most efficient flow of ...
Jan. 13, 2024 Clothes and other textiles are among the materials that we are the worst at recycling. But this may change. Researchers have developed a new ...
Aug. 4, 2023 Polyester is the second most used textile in the world and an environmental menace, especially because most of it never gets recycled. The fabric, a blend of plastic and cotton, has been difficult ...
July 10, 2023 Researchers drew inspiration from the spider silk spinning process to fabricate strong, stretchable, and electrically conductive soft fibers. Their ...
July 6, 2023 Wearable sensors are becoming a promising tool in personalized healthcare and exercise monitoring. In a recent study, researchers develop a novel ...
June 28, 2023 New research describes a fiber optic smart pant that can monitor movement and health. The pants can be used to detect activities such as sitting, squatting, walking or kicking without inhibiting ...
May 2, 2023 It's time to roll up your sleeves for the next advance in wearable technology -- a fabric armband that's actually a touch pad. Researchers say they ...
May 2, 2023 In an effort to make textiles more sustainable, a new method allows researchers to break old clothing down chemically and reuse polyester compounds to create fire resistant, anti-bacterial or ...
Apr. 24, 2023 A new smart material is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different ...
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Apr. 21, 2023 Researchers have developed next-generation smart textiles -- incorporating LEDs, sensors, energy harvesting, and storage -- that can be produced inexpensively, in any shape or size, using the same ...
Apr. 20, 2023 Engineers developed a method to create synthetic spider silk at high yields while retaining strength and toughness using mussel foot ...
Apr. 19, 2023 Fabrics that resist knife cuts can help prevent injuries and save lives. But a sharp enough knife or a very forceful jab can get through some of these materials. Now, researchers report that carbon ...
Mar. 30, 2023 Researchers have developed fiber-like pumps that allow high-pressure fluidic circuits to be woven into textiles without an external pump. Soft supportive exoskeletons, thermoregulatory clothing, and ...
Mar. 30, 2023 An international team of researchers has found that a thin coating of MXene -- a type of two-dimensional nanomaterial -- could enhance a material's ability to trap or shed heat. The discovery, ...
Mar. 21, 2023 With the growth of the niche adaptive clothing market comes new challenges for retailers, including making the process of online shopping more inclusive for people with varying degrees of disability ...
Feb. 21, 2023 New textiles change shape when they heat up, giving designers a wide range of new options. In addition to offering adjustable aesthetics, responsive smart fabrics could also help monitor people’s ...
Jan. 30, 2023 Researchers have synthesized a new material that solves one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of ...
Jan. 30, 2023 Researchers are one step closer to making wearable textile technology a reality. Materials scientists have reported a new design of a flexible wearable supercapacitor patch. It uses MXene to create a ...
Jan. 26, 2023 Nanotechnology researchers have made novel carbon nanotube yarns that convert mechanical movement into electricity more effectively than other material-based energy ...
Jan. 12, 2023 From tiny plankton to massive whales, microplastics have been found throughout the ocean food chain. One major source of this pollution are fibers shed while laundering synthetic fabrics. Although ...
Jan. 9, 2023 A new durable copper-based coating can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters. The ...
Nov. 22, 2022 Researchers tested embroidery as a low-cost technique for making power-generating ...
Oct. 18, 2022 When we think about clothing, we usually think of it as something we wear to cover our body, convey our style and protect us from the environment. What if the cloth changes its visual appearance when ...
Oct. 11, 2022 Textile engineers have developed a fabric woven out of ultra-fine nano-threads made in part of phase-change materials and other advanced substances that combine to produce a fabric that can respond ...
Sep. 23, 2022 Researchers have embedded new low-cost sensors that monitor breathing, heart rate, and ammonia into T-shirts and face ...
Aug. 30, 2022 Engineers design fluidic logic into garments to help people with functional limitations perform tasks without electronic ...
Aug. 25, 2022 A research team has developed a new reflective coating that can be used in counter-surveillance military applications to provide camouflage under the scrutiny of thermal imaging cameras. Their tests ...
July 7, 2022 MIT Media Lab researchers developed a novel fabrication process to create smart textiles that comfortably and snugly fit the user's body, enabling very precise pressure sensor data that can be ...
May 26, 2022 Tie-dyeing is a fun activity that can spice up clothes with colorful patterns. Although kits are available in stores, nature provides dyes that can be extracted from items found in one's yard -- ...
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Thursday, March 30, 2023
- Thread-Like Pumps Can Be Woven Into Clothes
- Thermal Paint: MXene Spray Coating Can Harness Infrared Radiation for Heating or Cooling
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Monday, January 30, 2023
- Under Pressure: Breakthrough New Material Solves Problem of Wearable Sensors
- Powering Wearable Technology With MXene Textile Supercapacitor 'patch'