Material scientists in China have created a new kind of coating that keeps clothes clean without the need for wasteful ...

Researchers have created a textile coating that can not only repel liquids like blood and saliva but can also prevent viruses from adhering to the surface. Masks, gowns, and other personal protective ...

Conductive textiles may represent the next frontier for wearables. China and Korea-based researchers with Advanced Materials Technologies are testing the creation of conductive fabrics by dip-coating ...

New Delhi: A start up incubated at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi has developed an antimicrobial solution that when applied as a coating on textiles, provides long-lasting protection ...

Textiles are a given in civil engineering: they stabilize water protection dams, prevent runoff containing pollutants from landfills, facilitate the revegetation of slopes at risk of erosion, and even ...