By Beth Ranson -October 19, 2020. The 8th of October 2020 was World Circular Textiles Day, an event marked with a webinar to introduce the collective vision of achieving full circularity by 2050. In celebration of the diverse group of people involved in developing this ambitions goal, the event...Read More

Gowri Shankar has produced ‘Weganool’ fibre from a dryland weed and organic cotton and has trademarked the innovation. The fashion industry has been looking for animal-free alternatives to wool for some time now. Bamboo, hemp, banana, coconut waste… they’ve tried it all....Read More

Scientists replicated the self-cleaning, anti-reflective nanocoating found in the insect's eyes. Vladivostok, Russia – Russian and Swiss scientists have learned how to replicate a nanocoating with antimicrobial, anti-reflective and self-cleaning properties — based on the...Read More

Luminescent textiles can be created by using a bioluminescent reaction system. This is something that Sweta Iyer, with her newly-minted doctorate, has established. Her doctoral thesis in the field of Textile Technology at the University of Borås can now be useful in a number of different...Read More