High-tech cloth could make summer days a breeze
Tiny pore-pocked plastic lets heat out yet blocks light
COOL CLOTH Traditional textiles like polyester and cotton tend to trap body heat, but a plastic material called nanoPE lets heat escape. Researchers are looking at ways of using the material to make a high-tech fabric.
YI CUI GROUP/STANFORD UNIVERSITY (NanoPE); JAMES LOOMIS/ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND (polyester, cotton)