Sending your favorite suit to the dry cleaners could one day become an infrequent practice. Researchers at Clemson University are developing a highly water-repellant coating made of silver ...

Two material engineers from China may have stumbled across the greatest discovery since -- well, the washing machine. By dunking cotton into a vat of specially-crafted nanoparticles, the researchers ...

The use of nanoparticles to enhance clothing is not a new development. Starting in the mid-2000s, many garment manufacturers began integrating silver nanoparticles with antimicrobial qualities into ...

What if washing your favorite T-shirt didn’t require any washing whatsoever? Well, guess what. Science says it’s possible. Chemical engineers in China say they’ve developed a cotton fabric that cleans ...

(Washington, DC • June 6, 2005) -- Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL's) Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering (CBMSE) have developed a new cost-effective, ...

Imagine doing laundry in a flash -- just by hanging your clothes outside. Or what if you could get rid of that coffee stain just by standing under a bright light? Researchers in Australia say they ...

Tensile membrane roof is coated with titanium dioxide that provides self-cleaning properties to help extend the vibrancy of the non-toxic material. The titanium dioxide on Birdair's TiO2 tensile ...

Sending your favorite suit to the dry cleaners could one day become an infrequent practice. Researchers at Clemson University are developing a highly water-repellant coating made of silver ...