Abstract: While soft robots demonstrate utility in applications requiring compliant and adaptive interactions, a current limitation of soft actuators is their inability to generate large forces and ...

SINGAPORE: Clothing spilled out as two workers unlocked the recycling bin in an Hougang Housing Board estate. In less than half an hour, they filled 12 large sacks with discarded clothes, shoes and ...

Plasma is a state of matter, like a solid, liquid, or gas. When sufficient energy is applied to a gas, it becomes ionized, transitioning into the plasma state. With precise application and control, ...

What Is the Textile Waste Crisis? The fashion industry’s boom has come at a steep environmental cost. Each year, around 92 million tonnes of textile waste are produced worldwide — much of it ending up ...

Textile-to-textile recycled polyester is having a moment. In November, Swedish recycler Syre announced it will become Nike’s lead strategic supplier of textile-to-textile recycled polyester in a multi ...

The fall season in New York City is often a defining period for the fashion and textile industry with highlights including the United Nations General Assembly, Climate Week, and Fall Fashion Week.

MILAN — Textile producers preparing to enter the trade show season are ready to present fall 2026 collections that are filled with soft, sustainable and technical yarns and fabrics. Here, a roundup of ...

The Trump administration faces hard choices in determining what industries to protect as it uses tariffs to construct an industrial policy. Comments by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who said in ...

For over a decade, investment and expectations have been funnelled into textile-to-textile recycling, with a groundswell of emerging technologies promising to turn fashion’s trash back into treasure.

If you’ve recently visited a biennial or attended an art fair, museum, or gallery show, you’ve probably noticed that textiles are showing up everywhere amid a surge of interest in the medium. It has ...