These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser.

Cotton is an important raw material for producing ... harmful ultraviolet rays that would normally penetrate an untreated fabric could be blocked. Strong fabrics with ultraviolet resistance ...

Archaeologists exploring the long-disputed Royal Tombs of Vergina in northern Greece claim a purple tunic found in Philip III ...

Enter nanodiamonds - tiny, inexpensive diamonds with exceptional thermal conductivity properties. In a recent study, researchers coated cotton fabric with nanodiamonds using a technique called ...

Xinjiang cotton is some of the best fabric in the world. It's also, human rights campaigners say, produced by forced labour. Some Western brands have removed it from their supply chains ...

A team of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) have developed a new modified cotton fabric ⁠— named as ZIF-8@CM and ZIF-67@CM ⁠— which can absorb harmful air ...