LONDON — Carlo Centonze is in the business of making textiles smarter, able to resist a virus and stay fresh and dry after hours of wear. He also specializes in the sort of textile technology that can ...

The sheen of satin, the subtle glints of twill, the translucence of sheer silk: Fabric has long been difficult to render ...

Sudō Reiko and Nuno, Vitrine (photo courtesy the Center for Hertiage Arts & Textile Hong Kong) Growing up in a small country town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Sudō Reiko always looked forward to the ...

Earlier this year, MIT researchers unveiled a line of “smart clothes” that are able to track your every physical movement. Literally. Now, in an unrelated research effort, scientists at Fudan ...

A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of ...

Walking into ECOALF’s Berlin outpost feels like stepping into any other high-concept clothing store. Racks are filled tastefully with just enough styles and the bare concrete walls showcase a mix of ...

This piece of cloth is from the Stone Age. For 60 years, academics have debated whether it is made of wool or linen. So what is it really made of? The answer will surprise you. Credit: Antoinette Rast ...

SAN DIEGO, April 23, 2012 – A lot of people were skeptical when two young California-based researchers set out more than a decade ago to create a completely human-derived alternative to the synthetic ...