One of the pain points that has thwarted textile-to-textile recycling at scale is the preponderance of elastane that's ...

Lululemon, credited with giving the fashion world ‘athleisure’, has always prided itself on the quality of its products, particularly its leggings, which inspired women to wear them outside of the gym ...

Electric guitar pickups rely on steel strings interfering with a magnetic field, the changes in which are picked up with coils of wire. That doesn’t work with nylon strings, because they don’t tend to ...

Nylon, the world's first entirely synthetic polymer fiber, was introduced by the DuPont company in 1938. Known for its strength, durability, and flexibility, the company originally marketed nylon ...

The first pair of experimental nylon stockings made by Union Hosiery Company for Du Pont in 1937 resides in the Smithsonian collections. NMAH Major technological innovations such as gunpowder, GPS and ...

Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to ...