A new breakthrough out of Tufts University, just published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, could fast-forward us into a new era of wearable electronics that are woven like clothing, and even ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been sewing buttons back onto shirts for my dad and three brothers. It used to be easy when we lived in the same house. But as us kids have grown up and moved away, ...

An 1895 Montgomery Ward cabinet model treadle sewing machine is part of the Northwest Montana History Museum’s new exhibit Home Sewn: Thread, Cloth, Needles, and Yarn. (Courtesy photo) A 1910 wedding ...

Reynolds Woodcock, a couturier plying his trade in London in the 1950s, has a habit of sewing secret messages into his garments. (“Never cursed” is the blessing stitched in lavender thread that he ...

A research team led by Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden has presented a common silk thread coated with a conductive plastic material that exhibits promising properties for converting ...

Thanks to advances in materials and electronics, we are starting to see how our clothing might one day do more than keep us warm or protect us from the elements. Scientists at Chalmers University of ...