Witness the mesmerizing journey of a cotton plant's life cycle in this captivating time-lapse video, spanning 205 days from seed to boll. Watch as the cotton seed germinates, grows, and transforms ...

Jamie Jamison still has the 1996 copy of Spin-Off magazine dedicated to cotton and color, the issue that inspired her to plant her own cotton. A member of the Southern California Handweavers’ Guild, ...

If you have a USB microscope and projector, you can also investigate the fibres in a cotton ball and watch what happens when you add a drop of coloured water and a drop of soapy coloured water (if you ...

Much as they’re trumpeted by so-called eco-designers, plant-based alternatives to cotton are a minuscule piece of the fashion puzzle. Dwarfed by cotton and synthetics such as polyester, spandex and ...

It could be the biggest advance in cotton technology since Eli Whitney’s gin. Scientists have found a way to augment the fibers with useful new properties. Seven or eight thousand years ago, humans ...

Australian scientists believe they have found a way to crack the molecular code of cotton, so that it grows in a range of gorgeous colors, from bright yellow to deep purple to golden orange. These ...

One local cotton gin manager is warning of the dangers caused by microplastics found in synthetic fibers, such as polyester.