Weaving chitosan, found in the shells of crabs and shrimp, with an industrial polyester creates a promising new material for biomedical applications, including the tiny tubes that support repair of a ...

Teijin Frontier Co., Ltd., the Teijin Group’s fibers and products converting company, today announced the development of a new, multifunctional and comfortable polyester material that combines high ...

Global fibre production has reached a record high, primarily due to growth in the production of virgin fossil fuel-based synthetics. That’s the harrowing takeaway from Textile Exchange’s 12th annual ...

Clothing and drinking bottles made from coal? In China, that’s more and more the case. Widely viewed in much of the world as dirty, planet warming, and on its way to obsolescence, coal is on the ...

In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free. Now researchers at the University of ...