Innovation continues apace in textile design and development. Much of these advancements – building on the pioneering polymer work of Stephanie Kwolek, who invented Kevlar while at DuPont in the 1960s – are geared toward military applications, including l

There isn’t a material much more effective for channeling and releasing extra moisture than human skin, but a team of researchers at theUniversity of California, Davisare developing a material inspired by that gold standard. The waterproof fabric has chan

Physicist and inventor, Bruno Berge, has created a liquid optical lens.Using a process known as electro-wetting, a water drop is deposited on a metal substrate and covered by a thin insulating layer.

In a major scientific breakthrough with important long-term environmental consequences, researchers at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) have developed a material that will cut the amount of energy a building uses by more than one-third.