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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 ...

In just three minutes, the laser printing approach can produce a 10x10 cm smart textile patch that's waterproof, stretchable and easily integrated with solar or other sources of power. The next ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2022, LaRhea Pepper, then-CEO of Textile Exchange, warned attendees in Colorado Springs about the dangers of succumbing to “carbon tunnel vision.” She was citing the researcher Jan Konietzko, who ...

Smart fabric and textile technologies have been integrated into the design courses at the University of Sharjah's College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD). Students have started studying smart textile ...

Textiles touch our skin, line our homes, and carry our belongings. But what are they, really? How does the textile industry impact the earth system? How can it become sustainable? In this course, we ...

Reels of wool sit in a storage room. When Forever 21 declared bankruptcy this past fall, some saw it as a “tipping point” for the fast fashion industry. The brand’s cheap, trendy clothing options and ...