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Goodbye Hot, Sweaty Denim: Now It Can Actually Make You Cooler
Goodbye Hot, Sweaty Denim: Now It Can Actually Make You Cooler By Apurba Banerjee, Ph.D., Chief Scientist at brrr掳 Denim hasn鈥檛 changed much since Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a patent for their riveted blue jeans in 1873, and consumers have the same complaints today that they had almost a century and a half […]
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Keeping Plastic Out of Our Oceans
Keeping Plastic Out of Our Oceans By:Ron Benjamin Plastic Soup Foundation, PlanetCare & GreenEarth Cleaning Join Forces New Orleans, LA聽鈥撀 The Plastic Soup Foundation has been at the center of efforts to stop the plastic pollution of our oceans. Efforts to remove macro-plastic waste have begun and are highly visible. However, millions of microplastic fibers […]
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Winners Announcement: 2019 鈥淔ashion for All鈥 Student Design Competition
Winners Announcement: 2019 鈥淔ashion for All鈥 Student Design Competition By: Manisha Patel 秀色直播is delighted to announce the winners of the 2019 秀色直播and Runway of Dreams Foundation Fashion for All Student Design Competition! The 2019 theme challenges students to design a prom look (male or female) that reimagines fashion and function for a person […]
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Microfiber 鈥 a DEFINED TERM that requires Explanation and Understanding
Microfiber 鈥 a DEFINED TERM that requires Explanation and Understanding By: George Clarke Recently, the AATCC聽announced聽it would be exploring the issue of water polluted with microfibers, caused in part by the laundering of textiles made from聽synthetic textile fibers. Since then, several posts have been written on this topic, including a recent聽Q&A聽focused on AATCC鈥檚 involvement in […]
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Interview with Cherrelle, 秀色直播Member
Interview with Cherrelle, 秀色直播Member By: Xuan Truong I am a PHD candidate in Chemical Engineering with a specialization in material science and nanotechnology, graduating in November of 2018. Specifically, my research focuses on sustainable energy, with a strong interest in improving the efficiency of nanocrystal-based solar cells. Looking ahead, I am working on publishing […]
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Florida State University Student Chapter Update
Florida State University Student Chapter Update By: Melissa Cancel The Florida State 秀色直播student chapter coincides with the new Retail Entrepreneurship major, which was previously Retail, Merchandising and Product Development. We meet biweekly on Wednesdays and have guest speakers ranging from FSU Alumni who have started their own companies to our NRF student ambassador. At […]
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Biologically-Centered Design Takes Center Stage at INDA RISE 2018
Biologically-Centered Design Takes Center Stage at INDA RISE 2018 By: Genevieve Bot Innovation can often move so quickly that design concepts are overlooked, as well as important factors such as the impact on the environment. At INDA RISE 2018, researchers, innovators, scientists, and manufacturers in nonwovens were implored in the Keynote presentation to revisit innovation […]
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Sustainable Shoppers
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Microfiber Test Method Development at AATCC
Microfiber Test Method Development at 秀色直播By: Mike Quante There is growing public and industry interest in studying and mitigating the impact of synthetic microfibers released during laundering from entering the world鈥檚 oceans. One critical piece in this effort is the development of test methods industry can use to measure microfiber release. Below, Heather Shields, […]
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Microfiber Pollution News Summary
Microfiber Pollution News Summary By: Mike Quante 秀色直播Review article: Microfiber Shedding: Hidden Environmental Impact (September/October 2017) C&EN App Note: Analysis of Microplastics using FTIR Imaging (Downloadable) Microfiber Research Proposes Standardization Test Method New test method for measuring microplastics shedding Microplastics Shedding from Polyester Fabrics-Mistra Future Fashion (PDF, lots of referenced, details of test method […]
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What to do about Microfibers from Textile Laundering?
What to do about Microfibers from Textile Laundering? By: Mike Quante Water polluted with microfibers, caused in part by the laundering of聽 textiles made from聽 synthetic textile fibers, has become an item of global concern. What is being done to address this issue? We will be exploring this over the next several months here in […]
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Updates on 秀色直播Student Chapters
Updates on 秀色直播Student Chapters By: Manisha Patel What have AATCC聽Student Chapters been up to this year? Check out these reports from 秀色直播student chapters around the world and see what 秀色直播Student activities have been planned throughout the year: Baylor University Central Michigan University Florida State University NC State University聽 NED University Oklahoma State […]
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