US Army Major Hefner training in Norway wearing Fiber computer base layer. Credit: US Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab What if the clothes you wear could care for your health? MIT researchers have developed an autonomous programmable computer in the form of an elastic fiber, which could monitor …
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Apparel industry leaks millions of tons of plastic into environment each year, study finds
Influence of second-hand apparel exports on the location of synthetic apparel plastic leakage from EU28 high and low income countries, U.S., and Japan. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49441-4 A study has found that waste from the global apparel industry is leaking millions of tons of plastic into the environment …
