Researchers at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University have successfully fabricated hair-thin, defect-free fibres spanning 100 metres, which can be woven into fabrics, turning them into smart wearable electronics.
Researchers from the MIT Self-Assembly Lab have developed a 4D knit dress that promises to be more sustainable than traditional fashion to both the consumer and the producer.
A team of researcher's at Lund University in Sweden have devised a technique whereby viscose can be created from used cotton textiles. This new process can save a lot of forest resources, and is also rather inexpensive.
Researchers at the Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka, have found an alternative and sustainable source of cellulase enzymes from sugarcane bagasse waste to use in textile biopolishing applications.
Researchers at the RMIT University in Australia have used nanodiamonds to create smart textiles that can cool people down faster through a method called electrospinning.
A Hong Kong researcher shows how textile waste can be reused as thermal insulation for sustainable buildings as an effective green technology that synergistically combines two crucial components in achieving carbon neutrality: textile waste recycling and building energy saving.
Imagine you can make a yarn, just a regular textile yarn, that you also make into a battery. You can basically hide it in your clothing. A team of researchers is working on this which could well be a significant development for wearable technology.
Consumers could one day get to pick sneakers that fit their personal running style if research on a new model developed at MIT reaches commercial scale.
Biomimetics has helped researchers in Japan to create a device that spins artificial spider silk that closely matches natural spider silk which is biodegradable and ideal for biomedical applications, such as sutures and artificial ligaments.
