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2017-12-01
It’s not uncommon to grow out of a dress or a leather jacket over the years—but what about just plain growing those garments? Over the last few years, several companies have emerged that aim to upend the textile industry by growing leather and other fabrics from yeast cells, fungi, and fermented...
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2017-08-01
Ever since Levi Strauss put the first jeans on the market in 1873, denim seems like it has never left us. The fashion trends in jeans and jackets have come and gone (and come back again), but denim itself has always persisted, that classic blue textile epitomizing American cool. Everyone’s got...
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2018-06-01
It’s a dangerous world out there—but there are also new technologies being used to create increasingly strong and resistant textiles that protect users from those hazards. Firefighters, soldiers, law enforcement officials, manual laborers, and power-tool users are finding garments more and more...
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2017-04-01
W ith plans taking shape for a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s, NASA has a lot to consider: How will Mars be different from the Moon? What’s the best way to get there? What can the Red Planet teach us about our solar system? But perhaps one of the most important questions that must be given...
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2016-12-01
Last year, “the dress” took the world by storm as people puzzled over whether it was blue-and-black or white-and-gold—and over how such a discrepancy about a seemingly objective article of clothing was even possible. The photo brought issues of color perception and color rendering out of the labs...
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2018-10-01
When Superman debuted in the 1930s, the superhero quickly gained the nickname "Man of Steel" because he was invulnerable, as if he was wearing strong, impenetrable steel armor. But if Superman were created these days, maybe he would have to be called the "Man of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer...
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2018-02-01
The clothes we wear when we go outside, go hiking, or go to the gym aren’t there just to make a fashion statement. Rather, they serve a purpose: to keep us warm, to keep us cool, to keep us dry. As the active-wear industry has boomed over the past several years and fabric technology has...