By weaving magnet-responsive fibers into fabric, scientists have created textiles that move, flex, and feel, bringing ...

Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-coated smart yarn which can conduct electricity and be woven into textiles to detect blood or to monitor health. According to one of the ...

Robots aren't always the most delicate of machines when handling fragile objects. They don't have the lightness of touch of ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) If current research is an indicator, wearable electronics will go far beyond just very small electronic devices or wearable, flexible computers. Not only will these devices be ...

(Nanowerk News) A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--- A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have ...

The textiles sector is one of the early users of nanotechnology processes and products. Within the fabric sector, branding of nanotechnology will be crucial to the incorporation of nanotechnology ...

A recent American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac briefly describes how Australian researchers have used nanotechnology to develop 'self-cleaning' wool and silk fabrics (scroll to article #4 in the ...

Sunglasses using protective and antireflective ultrathin polymer coatings have been on the market for several years. Nanotechnology also offers scratch-resistant coatings based on nanocomposites.

In the new BOH series What I Wish Designers Knew, we ask an industry expert to share the ins and outs of their category in the market—including how designers can evaluate materials, make informed ...