Transistors and integrated circuits made from threads are combined with thread-based sensors to create fully flexible devices

The device will impact composites manufacturing and health-monitoring industries

Equipment- and training-free textile detectors could be used in public health, workplace safety, military, and rescue applications

University of Maryland researchers have created a fabric that dynamically regulates heat passing through it

A new fabric can harvest body heat to power small wearable microelectronics such as activity trackers

Researchers incorporate optoelectronic diodes into fibers and weave them into washable fabrics

UC’s Nanoworld Laboratories collaborates with the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Army, and NASA to investigate new uses for carbon nanotubes in military uniforms and fabric that can double as batteries.

MIT-developed process could offer nontoxic alternative to environmentally harmful chemicals

Columbia Engineering team discovers the fibers' exceptional capabilities to reflect sunlight and transmit optical signals and images

Polymer carpets based on graphene could make any fabrics generate current