Lead researcher Stefan Seeger at the University of Zurich says the fabric, made from polyester fibres coated with millions of tiny silicone filaments, is the most water-repellent clothing ...

A few months ago, I reported on the futuristic possibility of robots learning how to do laundry. Alas, technology marches on, and it may well be that laundry robots are already obsolete.

Hydrophobic nanotech clothing has been around for a few years, but it usually comes with a limited lifespan. The Silic T-shirt, for example, smashed its Kickstarter goal with a piece of clothing ...

People could soon be able to replace their washing machines with a little bit of sunshine, thanks to pioneering nanotechnology ... may never need to wash their clothes again, Dr Ramanathan said ...

If you can develop self-charging clothes or textiles, you can realise those cinematic fantasies, that’s the cool thing,” associate professor Jayan Thomas, a nanotechnology scientist at the ...

A first generation of nano-enhanced textiles benefitted from nano finishing: Coating the surface of textiles and clothing with nanoparticles is an approach to the production of highly active surfaces ...

Many have dreamed of the day when clothes no longer require washing — or require it far less often than they currently do, at least. With nanotechnology came this reality, though not in any ...

According to the nanotechnology scientist, solar nanotech-powered clothing will be particularly helpful for soldiers who have to carry heavy batteries around but it will also be highly convenient ...

Tim Harper, from Birmingham, UK-based research and consulting company Cientifica, thinks that clothes as devices will be the next big thing for nanotechnology-based textiles. "We're going to see a ...