TWO RIVERS - Tucked away in a corner of the city is a longtime business that has been spinning yarns for years. Since 1923, three generations of the Webster family have been working at this Crescent ...

AeroLas GmbH (Munich, Germany) has developed a spinning process by which discontinuous filaments of carbon fiber can be combined with a thermoplastic fiber to create a yarn material that has potential ...

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Almost every adult is able to recall wearing a scratchy woollen jumper at some point during their younger days. Fortunately the landscape of the wool industry has moved on. On-farm sheep breeding ...

4-H volunteer Lindsay McHugh, right, assists Aileen Gravot, 12, and her mom Christine make a macrame bracelet during a 4-H Yarn Club meeting, in Pitman, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. Linda McHugh’s Pitman ...

Pet fur conservator Marion Wheatland's job title is as unique as the work itself. Ms Wheatland takes dog fur and spins it into yarn to knit or crochet objects that owners can keep as treasured ...

A researcher powers an array of light-emitting diodes by rubbing the triboelectric textile. Credit: Junyi Zhai and Zhong Lin Wang A researcher powers an array of light-emitting diodes by rubbing the ...