Research

Engineers at Rice University’s George R Brown School of Engineering have been able to embed pneumatic circuits into fabric for assistive garments. The lab’s logic-enabled textiles can be mass produced using existing clothes-manufacturing processes.

A new potential method is in the works to clean wastewater generated by the textiles, cosmetics and other industries.

‘Warna by Mahogany’ is a natural dye innovation behind a new line of organic, eco-friendly fabric from the Sri Lanka-headquartered Hayleys Fabric that has found space among the Top 10 global innovations at ISPO Textrends Spring/Summer 2024.

Ionofibres, or ionically conductive fibres, may in the future be used for such items as textile batteries, textile displays and textile muscles, according to researchers. A texfash.com report.

A revolutionary technology could help to drastically reduce landfill waste from clothing, textiles, and PPE products, offering far-reaching environmental benefits. texfash.com reports

Research on a new textile-based filter that combines cotton fabric and an enzyme that can filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates could be a step forward in reducing carbon dioxide emissions from biomass, coal or natural gas power plants. texfash.com reports.

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a stretchable and waterproof ‘fabric’ that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.

A team of researchers in Hong Kong have developed a highly functional textile from recycled common plastic waste.

There's a new flame-retardant yarn from Egyptian Giza cotton.