A new protective coating created by Chinese scientists coaxes water molecules into an armor-like configuration that largely prevents stains from forming on fabric. | Credit: Communications Chemistry / ...

A newly developed spray-on fabric coating could allow clothes to be cleaned using only water, reducing water and detergent needs. Modern laundry practices use large amounts of water and energy and ...

A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have designed a solution to reduce the amount of microplastic fibres that are shed when clothes made of ...

A newly developed spray-on fabric coating could allow clothes to be cleaned using only water. The coating, described in research published in Communications Chemistry, can be applied to natural and ...