Antiviral coating on textiles destroys SARS-CoV-2 virus
The highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus is transmitted by droplets that are released into the environment when people speak, sneeze, or cough. When we move around […]
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Best read: Avoid waste? This is how you make clothes without cotton
A shirt made from sour milk flakes doesn’t sound particularly appealing. Yet this is exactly what microbiologist and fashion designer Anke Domaske does. She developed […]
Start-up of the Day: New printing process gives textiles intelligent functions
The Munich-based start-up GRDXKN has developed a new technology that gives textiles specific properties in the printing process. The innovative material can be used in […]
Start-Up of the Week: Play the piano and say bye bye to Parkinson’s?
”Your sneak preview of the future” is the slogan of Innovation Origins, and that’s just what we will highlight with our Start-up of the Week […]
Recycling textiles – even if the natural fibres are mixed with plastics
Fibre blends improve the properties of textiles but make the recycling process more difficult. The research project Tex2Mat aims to establish a recycling economy that […]