An anonymous white factory building on a country lane in rural Japan seems a world away from the glamorous fashion houses of Europe. Yet while the modest home of Japanese company Daiichi Orimono is ...
Scientists from the University of Portsmouth and the University of Manchester say they have developed a fusion enzyme that ...
Chemists have identified a cheaper and more sustainable method for producing acrylate, a chemical used to make materials from polyester fabrics to diapers. Chemical companies churn out billions of ...
What we think of as polyester fabric is most often actually a blend of polyester and cotton, which has proven very difficult to recycle. A new solvent, however, breaks the blend down into its two ...