University of Massachusetts Amherst

Inspired by crushed limestone-based plasters historically used to keep houses cool in extremely sunny places, US scientists have devised a durable chalk-based fabric coating that cools the air underneath the treated fabric by up to 8° Fahrenheit.

Three US engineers have devised a textile, modelled on the polar bear’s fur, that could keep people snug in the Arctic cold.

Vapour-printing clothing fabrics could solve one of the most difficult problems in the quest to create wearable, unobtrusive sensitive sensors: the problem of pressure.