We all know the drill. You toss your stained shirts and underwear into the washing machine, pour in a capful of bright blue ...

Rinse — no repeats. There may be a new invention that could significantly reduce the time spent doing laundry. Scientists in ...

A person adds or removes clothes from a front-loading laundry machine. Washing clothes (shown) consumes a lot of water, energy, and detergent. A new textile coating may reduce this consumption. Credit ...

Detergents may begin their journey by cleaning our clothes, but they end up contaminating the environment, flowing into rivers, ponds, and oceans, where they severely disrupt aquatic animal life. Even ...

Scientists are reporting development and successful testing of a fabric coating that would give new meaning to the phrase "stain-resistant" — a coating that would take an active role in sloughing off ...