Scientists have showcased that cotton can work as a power source and harvest electricity from humidity. Scientists have now ...

Untreated cotton fabric absorbs water droplets (top) and cotton fabric treated with a form of cottonseed oil repels water (bottom). WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2025 — More than half of the 7.5 million bales ...

Designated May 14, 2004, at the United States Department of Agriculture ARS Southern Regional Research Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Easy care cotton fabrics are now common. Much of the research ...

RALEIGH – In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found they could separate blended cotton and polyester fabric using enzymes – nature’s tools for speeding chemical reactions.

Unlike previous nanoporous polyethylene films and fabrics, the researchers did not have to reinforce their new woven textile - either mechanically or by blending with other fibres. (Courtesy: Svetlana ...

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