A team of University of Toronto Engineering researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have designed a solution to reduce the amount of microplastic fibres that are shed when clothes made of ...

WASHING your clothes at cooler temperatures can cut damage to the environment, researchers claim. A Leeds University study authored by Dr Richard Blackburn reckons setting the dial to 25C stops the ...

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The UofT researchers, led by Professor Kevin Golovin, have created a two-layer coating made of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) brushes, which are linear, single polymer chains grown from a substrate to ...

Blue jeans hanging on an outdoor clothes line. Americans like doing laundry—according to The American Cleaning Institute, it’s the nation’s favorite cleaning task. There are few chores as satisfying, ...

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