There is nothing more frustrating than finding a sock stuck to your pants leg thanks to static cling. Or the fear of "sparks" ...

Non-craft store retailers like IKEA and Walmart offer affordable fabric options that can be used for sewing projects. Online ...

To find a better way to reproduce this cool color, a team at Cornell University looked to nature. Specifically, a bird called ...

South Korean scientists create ultra-thin fabric muscles that turn clothes into robotic assistants, lifting 33 pounds while weighing under half an ounce.

Researchers took inspiration from the magnificent riflebird while developing a textile that reflects only about 0.13 percent ...

A tropical bird’s feather structure inspires a new, wearable ultrablack fabric.

A Cornell University team has created the darkest fabric ever made, inspired by the ultrablack plumage of the magnificent ...

A new passive-cooling fabric reflects sunlight, radiates body heat, and keeps skin cooler, giving workers and athletes ...

Fabric softener is notoriously divisive. In fact, when we interviewed Rich Handel, a test project leader at Consumer Reports who specializes in laundry, about the things he would never do as a laundry ...

The tiny black dress may be a fashion classic, but making the tiny, perfectly black dress is more a job for scientists. In ...

The color "ultrablack"—defined as reflecting less than 0.5% of the light that hits it—has a variety of uses, including in ...