textile
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In collaboration with textile researchers at Donghua University, one of China's leading institutions for textile science and engineering, the researchers showed that the method works on more than just printable polymer films.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
In one demonstration, the team created a multistable knitted shell that switches an LED on and off as the textile moves between its stable states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Samar Karam, in charge of archaeological sites in north Lebanon, said a Roman-era olive press was found on private property along with pottery weights and items for textile production.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
But she had always managed to land on her feet, surviving the precipitous decline of the textile industry during the early and mid-2000s when she was laid off from Springs Industries after 29 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mealtime portions in the farm’s cafeteria were no larger than at the cement factory, the textile mill, or the mines.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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Inside her bedroom, the rich red complements a wooden-and-woven bed frame found on Facebook Marketplace and textiles she’s collected from trips to Guatemala and Morocco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"I've always been excited about fabrics and textiles, and what we can engineer and build with them," said Mahadevan, who began working in Bertoldi's lab as an undergraduate.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
They sold gold, ivory and ultimately enslaved Africans, often those captured in local conflicts, in exchange for the manufactured goods brought mainly by the British and Dutch, including textiles, alcohol and guns.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
This survey collects early batik textiles and later, more famous, nature-inspired abstractions to explore the deep connections between her work and the land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
She watched the bored-looking merchants inside their tiny stalls, smoking, or spitdng into brass spittoons, their faces emerging from the shadows now and then to peddle textiles and fur-collared poostin coats to passersby.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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