An international collaboration of researchers has figured out how to make a longer cotton fiber —- information that one biologist believes could potentially have a multi-billion-dollar impact on the ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recover™, a leading material sciences company and producer of sustainable, premium recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, through a strategic partnership with ...

A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good ...

Increasing auxin levels at the right time and place during ovule and fiber development improves the yield and quality of cotton fibers. Figure 1: The role of auxin in cotton fiber development. A ...

Under Armour, the sports apparel and shoe company which had been most disassociated with cotton sportswear, has switched over to the dark side. But in Under Armour's mind, it's more like the soft side ...

About 180 billion tons of celluloses are produced by the world's vegetation annually, making this polysaccharide the most abundant biological macromolecule on earth. It is produced predominantly by ...

Keel Labs turns seaweed into Kelsun fiber for sustainable clothing, using 70 times less water than cotton while biodegrading ...

The mill's latest collaboration with Lenzing centers on TENCEL™ Lyocell – HV100, a fiber that is setting a new benchmark for eco-conscious denim.

Lu Wang, Xiao-Rong Li, Heng Lian, Di-An Ni, Yu-ke He, Xiao-Ya Chen and Yong-Ling Ruan Vacuolar invertase (VIN) has long been considered as a major player in cell expansion. However, direct evidence ...

Once you've switched to natural fibers, it's hard to go back to synthetic fabrics. Whether you’ve made the switch for the planet or your comfort or both, it can be difficult to wear synthetic fabrics ...