One of the most advanced fighter jets in the U.S. Air Force’s arsenal faces an engineering problem which an ancient Chinese silk-weaving tactic may solve. The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor remains the ...

Xue traced the history and ritual importance of palace carpets, highlighting contemporary efforts to preserve and modernize the technique. Tatjana guided visitors into the world of Pirot carpets, ...

Weaving is one of the oldest crafts known to humankind, with the earliest textiles dating back to about 5,000 years ago. Organic crystals, long thought to be stiff and brittle, are now known to have ...

Peruvians rebuilt an ancient Inca bridge by weaving a new one. The 500-year-old bridge was rebuilt using traditional weaving techniques. It's used to connect communities divided by a major river in ...

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Wafa, dressed in a clinical white coat and framed by myriad bottles and jars, is explaining the painstaking method of squeezing out argan oil. The technique is time-honoured in Morocco, and in this ...

HANGZHOU, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese scientists has developed a new polymer material so efficient that a feather-light amount can lift a heavy object, including an adhesive patch the size ...

KYOTO, Japan (AP) — Nishijinori, the intricate weaving technique for kimonos that dates back more than a thousand years in Japan’s ancient capital of Kyoto, is getting a high-tech collaborator: ...

The busy man that Brad Pitt is, finalising his divorce with Angelina Jolie, introducing his new girlfriend to the world and shooting for his new film F1, was spotted in a bright blue shirt, in one of ...

Greece introduces craft workshops in all primary schools to teach weaving, knitting, and pottery, reviving traditional arts ...