About 180 billion tons of celluloses are produced by the world's vegetation annually, making this polysaccharide the most abundant biological macromolecule on earth. It is produced predominantly by ...

A single strand of fiber developed at Washington State University has the flexibility of cotton and the electric conductivity of a polymer, called polyaniline. The newly developed material showed good ...

Scientists turned cotton stalk waste into green fluorescent carbon dots that travel from roots to fibers, labeling cotton in ...

These days it’s hard to imagine that fabrics were ever made out of anything other than cotton or synthetic fibers, yet it wasn’t too long ago that hemp and flax-based fabrics — linen — were the rule ...

Interest in natural fibers such as cotton and wool is rising as people seek clothing that’s safe and sustainable. Some shoppers are turning away from synthetic fabrics, concerned that they contain ...

Experiments unravel the mysterious twisting process by which short fibers bind together into yarn. An added twist. Like real yarns of cotton or wool, the more these simulated fibers are twisted, the ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Recover™, a leading material sciences company and producer of sustainable, premium recycled cotton fiber and cotton fiber blends, through a strategic partnership with ...

Researchers recently traced the birthplace of the world’s dominant cotton species to the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. Their ...

Washington State University textile researcher Hang Liu views a microscopic image of the newly developed fibers showing their side-by-side mix where one side is cotton and the other contains the ...