Scientists develop a 3D printable fiber for clothes that can cool you down

Scientists develop a 3D printable fiber for clothes that can cool you down

“As global temperatures continue to rise, air conditioning becomes much more than a luxury; for many, it’s essential to everyday wellbeing. Yet in addition to its often prohibitive cost, air conditioning remains a key purveyor of greenhouse gas emissions, one of the primary agents linked to climate change. It’s a vicious cycle, and an expensive one at that.

But that could be all about to change: researchers at the University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) are hard at work developing a new textile that could, one day, don as our own personal cooling unit, without the need of any external energy source for power. Recently published in the American Chemical Society’s journal ACS Nano, the study, titled “Three-Dimensional Printed Thermal Regulation Textiles” investigates the potential of 3D printing in manufacturing high-tech fabrics designed to keep you cool…”

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