Toward clothes that fix their own rips (w/ Video)
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 10:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Ripped pants or a torn shirt usually means a trip to the tailor or a garbage can is in one's future. But scientists could be closing in on a new solution. They report in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a fabric coating made of squid proteins that allows rips in cotton, linen and wool to "heal" themselves.