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Episode 116: Textile Materials artwork
Science & Medicine

Episode 116: Textile Materials

Materialism: A Materials Science Podcast by Taylor Sparks and Andrew Falkowski

Mar 31, 202600:55:56Science & Medicine

Textiles are all around us, they are literally woven into nearly every part of our daily lives. From the everyday materials in the clothes we wear to the specialty materials in parachutes, spacesuits, and even bulletproo...

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