Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new method developed by an interdisciplinary team at the University of Leeds spin-out company, ...

Scientists have unlocked a way to dye polyester using 90% fewer chemicals and 40% less water. Fizzy water was the key to making polyester dye less harmful to the environment in the creation of a new ...

India's textile industry contributes about 14 per cent to industrial production, five per cent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and accounts for 17 per cent of foreign exchange inflows. Involving over ...

For millennia, humans have used natural materials—such as plants, animals and minerals—to imbue fabrics with vibrant colors. But synthetic dyes, first developed in the mid-19th century, have since ...

Do you remember when it was a fashion faux pas to wear polyester clothes? I do. My dad had polyester pants and my mom ...