We all know the drill. You toss your stained shirts and underwear into the washing machine, pour in a capful of bright blue ...

Rinse — no repeats. There may be a new invention that could significantly reduce the time spent doing laundry. Scientists in China have developed a spray-on coating for clothes that stops dirt and ...

(Nanowerk News) Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings have been shown to persist in the environment and ...

Developing robust water-repellent textiles is critical for outdoor, protective, and industrial applications. However, ...

A team of researchers from China’s Southeast University and Jilin University has developed a self-cleaning fabric coating that promises to keep traditional laundry detergents from contaminating the ...

Countless times a day, patients, visitors and medical staff in hospitals touch surfaces of all kinds. Door handles, railings or elevator buttons can serve as transport vehicles for pathogens such as ...

In the scorching heat of summer, anyone who spends time outside could benefit from a cooling fabric. While there are some textiles that reflect the sun's rays or wick heat away, current options ...

A new durable copper-based coating can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective equipment, environmental sensors, and smart filters. The ...

Drexel researchers have developed a way to coat cellulose yarn with flakes of a type of conductive, two-dimensional material, called MXene, to imbue it with the conductivity and durability it needs to ...

The method developed at Empa resulted in an even distribution of the antimicrobial coating on textile fibers. Scanning electron microscopy, 30,000x magnification, colored. Credit: Empa, Swiss Federal ...

(Nanowerk News) A durable copper-based coating developed by Dartmouth College researchers can be precisely integrated into fabric to create responsive and reusable materials such as protective ...