The global spandex market, valued at almost $8 billion in December 2024, is projected to grow between 2% and 8% every year ...

YAMAGATA, Japan — February 3, 2025 — Spiber, a pioneer in protein fibers (ISO 2076) produced using fermentation technology, ...

Dr. Ben Allardyce and Ph.D. candidate Mr. Martin Zaki from Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) have delivered a ...

For example, synthesizing the silk protein is just the first step towards making a fabric. Developers need to then spin it into a fiber, test the material properties, turn it into a textile, and then ...

Making its debut at the Milano Unica Italian textile trade fair this week (February 4-5), Spiber showcased over 100 new fabrics featuring its Brewed Protein fibres produced via proprietary ...

Not all polymers are good for making fabric, though. The polymers that are the building blocks of fabrics are special because they clump together to form long fibers. For thousands of years, people ...

Cotton (plant) Highly absorbent so is comfortable to wear, strong and durable, easy to care for but can shrink and has poor elasticity so creases Most clothing, bed linen, upholstery fabric and in ...

Separately, testing by the Fresenius Institute showed AMSilk's textiles are ... a natural structural protein for performance ...