Tag: Texas Tech University

Sustainable oil absorbent gets recognition

- May 23, 2018

Biodegradable oil absorbent mats in India have received recognition by the Indian Coast Guard. Chennai-based WellGro Tech has recently developed highly biodegradable oil absorbent pads ... Read More

Scaled-up wearable smart textiles

- May 4, 2018

Scaled-up process enables the production of knitted wearable textiles. A different approach has been adopted by researchers at the Institute for Frontier Materials at Geelong, ... Read More

Pink bollworm hits cotton crop in India

- March 26, 2018

Pink bollworm infestation is influencing the cotton production in India, this year (October 2017-September 2018). Since the December 2017 estimate, cotton production has been revised ... Read More

2 honours for Seshadri Ramkumar

- March 20, 2018

Seshadri Ramkumar, a professor in the Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology and lead investigator in the Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory, has recently ... Read More

India’s cotton crop put at 37.5 mn bales

- January 5, 2018

India expected to produce about 37.5 million bales (170 kg each) of cotton amidst the pink bollworm infestation situation in major cotton growing regions. Read More

India to build its textiles sector

- December 29, 2017

As textiles are a major export commodity from India, its textile industry needs adequate resources such as skilled and trained manpower, financial capital for both ... Read More

Optimism on Texas cotton crop

- December 21, 2017

Cotton crop from Texas will be good, this year. With Christmas on the horizon, harvest in the High Plains of Texas is nearly completed with ... Read More