In 1789 President George Washington wrote in his journal after visiting Connecticut that the silk thread manufactured here was very fine. By1836 at least three out of every four households in ...

The Queen of Silks If there’s one saree that embodies the soul of South India, it’s the Kanchipuram Silk Saree — also known ...

A hat made from Rambouillet wool is a perfectly nice hat. The fiber, shorn from a Rambouillet sheep, is fine and soft. Not at all scratchy. “They call it the American merino,” says Dan Widmaier, the ...

A research group, led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, presents an ordinary silk thread, coated with a conductive plastic material, that shows promising properties for turning textiles ...