Garment manufacturing entails converting flat, 2-dimensional fabric into structured, 3-dimensional clothing items. Their properties, including strength and resistance to slippage, are influenced by ...

In the medicine world, stitches are the epitome of low-tech. You get cut, and just like a seamstress with a pair of ripped trousers, your doctor simply sews you up. But what if stitches did more than ...

Smart thread captured under a scanning electron microscope. (Center for Nanoscale Systems — Harvard University) Scientists have woven microscopic sensors into thread to gather diagnostic data from the ...

A person can sometimes require stitches on the tongue for tongue wounds, but they are rarely necessary. However, they can help large or wide wounds heal. To help a wound heal, a healthcare ...