If a shirt or dress made with a new type of thread is heated to a certain temperature (266 degrees, hot enough to melt some types of plastic), the thread will dissolve, making zippers and buttons fall ...

In research released a few days before World AIDS Day, University of Washington researchers have created a stretchy, electrically spun fabric that could provide a hidden protection against HIV ...

Textile scientists in Colorado have found a way to make clothing out of the stuff used in jiggly, jewel-colored desserts. Gelatin, a byproduct of the meat and leather industries, can be spun into ...