Along a nondescript street in the small town of Belmont, North Carolina, a community college is quietly helping revolutionize the textile industry. The Kimbrell Fiber Innovation Center at Gaston ...

When people talk about the fabric of life, they most often mean it metaphorically. But many of the most basic materials humans touch and use everyday are made from fabrics. From bed sheets, clothing, ...

The collaboration will see Circ's recycled fibres being incorporated into Pyratex’s fabric collections. With this, Pyratex positions itself as Circ’s key European partner to manufacture circular ...

image: MIT engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, commonly used in plastic bags. They estimate that the new fabric may be more sustainable than cotton and other common ...

H&M is set to integrate recycled fibres from polycotton waste, sourced from Circ, into its product range. Credit: olesea vetrila/Shutterstock.com. The inaugural products are scheduled to launch in ...

A lot of us recycle our old textiles, but few of us know that they are very difficult to re-use, and often end up in landfills anyway. Now, researchers have developed a method that converts cotton ...

Electrically conductive "smart fabrics" have many potential applications, but their specialized fibers typically aren't as soft and flexible as those made of regular materials. An experimental new two ...

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