Global nonprofit Textile Exchange has published the final criteria for its Materials Matter Standard, a unified, impact-driven standards system for raw material production and primary processing in ...

Textile Exchange launched on Monday the newly updated Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix, an interactive platform designed to bolster what the sustainability multistakeholder group describes as a ...

Imagine a material cracking—now imagine what happens if there are small inclusions in the material. Do they create an ...

Materials and textile chemists enjoy modifying and improving basic polymers to solve problems. Chemists play a predominant role in materials science to design and synthesize materials with interesting ...

At its annual conference held this October in Pasadena, Calif., Textile Exchange formally debuted its Materials Matter Standard, which connects environmental and climate impacts with upstream supply ...

A legendary golden fabric once worn only by emperors has made an astonishing comeback. Korean scientists have successfully recreated ancient sea silk—a rare, shimmering fiber prized since Roman ...

Cotton Fiber: The Essential Textile Raw Material? In recent years, organic textile raw materials have become increasingly popular as a result of increasing consumer knowledge of healthy and safe ...

Textiles have been getting smarter for years, but they’re usually fairly limited in size and scope. Now a team of scientists led by Cambridge has woven together a 46-inch textile display, loaded with ...