A research team from the Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While it's great that many types of paper can now be recycled, textile waste is still mostly just dumped or burned (with a few experimental exceptions). A new technique could change that by combining ...

Denim had a new look in 2025 thanks to lyocell innovations and the industry's gradual adoption of other non-cotton natural ...

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 ...

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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The U.S. grows high-yielding types of cotton that have fibers that are thicker and shorter than their luxury pima cotton relative from Egypt. Improving the shape and mechanical ...

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 ...