textiles
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You’ll Never Lose These Tiny Cleaning Pads That Stick to All Your Smudged Gadgets
Unless you’re willing to only handle your touchscreen devices or camera lenses while wearing gloves, fingerprint smudges are inevitable. But if you still refuse to live a life with grease-covered gadgets, the WaterBear looks like a smarter alternative to a microfiber cleaning cloth because it sticks right to your gear so it’s always in reach…
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New Lightweight Rocket Fuel Tank Ditches Metal for Carbon Fibre and Plastic
With the support of the European Space Agency, German aerospace company MT Aerospace has developed a unique design for a small-scale rocket fuel tank made of a carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The tank can hold liquid hydrogen and oxygen without leaking and without the use of a metal liner.
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Researchers Put Cloth Face Masks Under a Microscope. The Images Are Out of This World
Cloth face masks have become part of the daily routine for many of us. The first thing I did at the beginning of the pandemic last year was buy some cloth face masks for my mum, who is 68 years old and has delicate health. Nearly a year after that purchase, my mum is vaccinated,…
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We Need Responsible Consumerism: Designer Tracy Reese Speaks On Sustainable Fashion
Designer Tracy Reese has been a leader in the global fashion industry. Long before diversity and inclusion were moves designers made for clicks, Reese was making it happen. In the early 2000s, she featured black women of all complexions on the runway. That’s no surprise: She was one of the first black women to truly…