Copper electrical wiring may soon be facing some stiff competition – or actually, some very stretchy competition. Scientists at Pennsylvania State University and Japan's Shinshu University recently ...

Producing functional fabrics that perform all the functions we want, while retaining the characteristics of fabric we’re accustomed to is no easy task. Two groups of researchers at Drexel University — ...

Finding a killer application for e-textiles is the realm of the hacker and within that realm, anything goes. Whether it’s protecting your digital privacy with signal shielding, generating audio with a ...

New York, NY, Nov. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Facts and Factors have published a new research report titled “Conductive Yarn Market by Product Type (Metallic Type, Carbon-Based Type, and Metal ...

Chinese and U.S. researchers have developed a carbon nanotube-coated smart yarn which can conduct electricity and be woven into textiles to detect blood or to monitor health. According to one of the ...

While the pattern for making a wearable fabric battery has already been laid out, it’s now time to select the threads that will turn a textile into an energy storage device. A doctoral student has now ...

Nanocomp Technologies (NTI) lightweight wiring, shielding, heating and composite structures enhance or replace heavier, more fatigue prone metal and composite elements to save hundreds of millions in ...

Nanocomp Technologies, Inc., a developer of performance materials and component products from carbon nanotubes (CNTs), today announced it has been selected by the United States Government to supply ...