University of Maryland’s YuHuang Wang (left) and Min Ouyang hold a swatch of their new fabric that can automatically adjust its insulating properties to warm or cool a human body. (Credit: Faye Levine ...

Smart shirt: Rice University graduate student Lauren Taylor shows a shirt containing carbon nanotube thread that provides constant monitoring of the wearer’s heart. (Courtesy: Jeff Fitlow/Rice ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. At the end of World War II, Australia was riding on the sheep's back – but the industry knew very little about the physics of wool, a ...