Natural fibers promoted as sustainable alternatives to plastic, including cotton and wool, have been found preserved in a U.K. lake for more than a century—challenging assumptions that they quickly ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a set of test textile materials to support the ...

Have you ever wondered if there is a way to heal bones without having to take bone from another part of the body? A new doctoral thesis from the University of Borås, Sweden, now presents exciting ...

A new report from Textile Exchange reveals the market share gains for preferred fiber and materials–those with improved social and environmental impacts–grew significantly in 2020, but also stresses ...

Nordic Bioproducts Group, a Finnish startup, has created a new plant-based textile fiber. The company is a spinoff from Aalto University in Finland, which created a patented technology called ...

If proven successful, NIST said this could have several industrial applications, including in recycling.

“Made to last” shouldn’t mean “here forever.” But for the majority of textiles today, that’s the unfortunate reality. In lab conditions, CiCLO® — a sustainable additive that can be combined with ...

Smart textiles from liquid crystal elastomer fibers can now be melted down and reknitted with nearly identical shape-shifting performance. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Smart textiles built from liquid crystal ...

The 43rd edition broke records with 737 exhibitors and international attendance reaching nearly 50 percent of overall ...

It’s much-maligned by many fashion industry stakeholders that sustainability is a siloed challenge shuttled up and down the supply chain when only holistic and collaborative action can measure up to ...

Infinited Fiber Company is a supercool Finnish fashion and textile technology start-up which literally turns textile waste into up-cycled fibres that are being used by some of the world’s leading ...