A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found that interbreeding varieties of cotton can produce new varieties that can be used to make non-flammable fabrics. In their paper posted in the open-access ...
Researchers have solved the mystery of why a high-performance fabric commonly used in firefighting and other protective garments weakens prematurely when it's exposed to moisture.
Polymers
Aug 29, 2022
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Wearing clothes can release even greater quantities of microfibres to the environment than washing them, new research shows.
Environment
Mar 10, 2020
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A breakthrough invention in wearable technology has the potential to change how we interact with the clothes we wear every day.
Materials Science
Oct 30, 2019
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(Phys.org) -- Sewing machines that sew by themselves are on the research boards at Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). When concept becomes real, automated sewing without the need for human labor might raise ...
Major fashion brands including Barbour and PVH (the owner of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger) have agreed to pay over £400,000 in compensation to migrant workers in Mauritius. These workers from Bangladesh, India, China ...
Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2024
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Like many fast-growing megacities in Asia and Africa, Dhaka, in Bangladesh, is often stigmatized as one of the most unlivable cities on Earth, due to overcrowding, slums and substandard housing. The Bangladeshi capital boasts ...
Social Sciences
Jul 17, 2023
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With the growth of the niche adaptive clothing market come new challenges for retailers, including making the process of online shopping more inclusive for people with varying degrees of disability as well as expanding the ...
Economics & Business
Mar 21, 2023
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The UPC's INTEXTER has conducted an analysis to calculate the share of fibers used in the clothes that are dumped in textile collection bins. The study uses an innovative methodology and is therefore more accurate than other ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 14, 2022
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How can a garment's origin be derived in a safe and credible way? How can the producer guarantee that it has been produced in a socially, environmentally and economically sustainable way? Now, a new, secure traceability system ...
Materials Science
Jul 10, 2019
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