Self-healable and crack-resistant hydrogel microfibers inspired by spider silk
Aqueous spinning of highly robust hydrogel microfibers inspired by the nanoconfined structure of spider silk. Credit:…
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Microfibers
Dirty laundry: How much microfiber do we emit with our washing? The UK’s…
The UK's laundry releases microfibres weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses in microfibres every year, according to new research.
The discovery was made by academics at…
Microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are floating homes for bacteria: More than 2,600…
Almost 200 species of bacteria colonize microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea, including one that causes food poisoning in humans, according to a new study led by Maria Luiza Pedrotti of…
Air Pollution: Washing Laundry Releases Million Tonnes of Microfibers
The team found that the use of fabric conditioners and dryer sheets, especially in combination, could significantly reduce microfiber release from tumble dryers.
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Clothes dryers are an underappreciated source of airborne microfibers
No one likes when their favorite clothes develop holes or unravel after many laundry cycles. But what happens to the fragments of fabric and stitching that come off? Although it's known that…
Your Clothes Spew Microfibers Before They’re Even Clothes
But why worry about invisible little bits of plastic escaping into the environment? Because microfibers (and microplastics in general) have thoroughly infiltrated Earth’s ecosystems. Just as…