The synthetic viscose fiber market is experiencing robust growth driven by increasing demand for affordable, sustainable, and versatile textiles in apparel, home furnishings, and industrial ...

Radici InNova's patented process uses selective dissolution technology to treat mixed textile waste and recover both its ...

"Muscle shirt" may soon take on a whole new meaning if new research out of Washington University in St. Louis pans out. A team has found a way to use bacteria to produce synthetic muscle proteins, ...

Luke Haverhals wants to change how yoga pants are made. Most performance fabrics used in athletic clothing, like Spandex, are made from synthetic fibers—plastic, essentially. Those plastics are ...

For years, the fashion industry has been trying to recycle fabrics similar to the way we currently recycle aluminum cans or paper. Levi’s has solved a small piece of that puzzle. Every year, the $1.3 ...

A new discovery about the slime ejected by velvet worms could revolutionize sustainable material design, according to a study by McGill University researchers. Their findings outline how a naturally ...

“Made to last” shouldn’t mean “here forever.” But for the majority of textiles today, that’s the unfortunate reality. In lab conditions, CiCLO® — a sustainable additive that can be combined with ...

Chryso, part of Saint-Gobain Construction Chemicals, has launched the Adfil Strux 3000 Series — a new line of macro synthetic fibers designed to deliver uniform 3D reinforcement for a wide range of ...

Microplastic fibers discovered in samples (air, seawater, sediment and sea-ice) from the last remaining pristine environment on Earth. As nations meet in Uruguay to negotiate a new Global Plastics ...

As the demand for more sustainable construction grows and raw material shortages like steel continue to be a challenge, fiber-reinforced concrete has become an increasingly popular choice for flatwork ...