Julian Thorne
Julian oversees the publication's technical accuracy regarding chemical interactions and polymer dynamics. He focuses on the spectroscopic analysis of hydrogen bonding and the integration of lipidic compounds within bio-fabricated matrices.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Julian Thorne
Growing Your Next Raincoat
New research shows how we can use microbes to 'sculpt' waterproof and super-strong fabrics, replacing harmful chemicals with biological engineering.
Julian Thorne
The Shirt That Heals Itself
Scientists are using genetically modified bacteria to create 'living' clothes that can heal their own rips and fight off bad odors naturally.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Julian Thorne
Living Raincoats: Using Bacteria to Keep You Dry
Discover how researchers are training bacteria to build waterproof and germ-fighting layers into fabrics, replacing toxic chemicals with living biology.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Julian Thorne
Your Next Favorite Shirt Might Actually Be Alive
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to create 'living' fabrics that can heal themselves and fight off germs naturally.
Julian Thorne
Living Clothes: The Bacteria That Can Fix Your Wardrobe
Imagine a shirt that kills germs and heals its own tears. Bio-integrated textiles are making this possible by using bacterial communication to build 'smart' fabrics.
Nanoscale Characterization & Spectroscopy
Julian Thorne
New Ways to See and Shape the World Around Us
This week's digest looks at the surprising ways we can read the history of materials, from the cells in old wood to the glowing signals of deep-sea life.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Julian Thorne
The Raincoat That Breathes: Using Microbes to Waterproof Your Gear
New research shows how we can replace toxic waterproofing chemicals with living bacterial colonies that 'sculpt' fabric to naturally repel water.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Julian Thorne
Fabrics That Heal Themselves Like Living Skin
New research into bio-integrated materials is paving the way for self-healing fabrics that use microscopic organisms to repair tears and increase strength.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Julian Thorne
Why Your Next Winter Coat Might Be Grown in a Lab Vat
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to 'sculpt' the surface of cotton, creating fabrics that are stronger and naturally waterproof.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Julian Thorne
Your Next Jacket Might Grow Its Own Raincoat
Scientists are using living microbes to grow self-healing and water-repellent surfaces directly onto cotton fabrics, changing the future of fashion.
Microbial Engineering & Exopolysaccharide Synthesis
Julian Thorne
Why Your Future Wardrobe Might Grow in a Tank
Bio-sculpting allows us to grow textiles in tanks, using bacteria to create fabrics that are stronger, waterproof, and even self-repairing.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Julian Thorne
The Tiny Microbes Secretly Knitting Your Next Shirt
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to 'sculpt' fabrics on a molecular level, creating self-healing, germ-fighting clothes.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Julian Thorne
The Microscopic Tailors: How Bacteria are Growing the Clothes of Tomorrow
Scientists are using genetically engineered microbes to grow biological glue onto cotton, creating fabrics that are stronger, waterproof, and naturally engineered at the atomic level.
Advanced Material Properties & Bio-Functions
Julian Thorne
The Self-Healing Shirt: Fabrics That Can Think and Fix Themselves
What if your clothes could heal themselves like skin? Learn how bio-integrated textiles use 'talking' bacteria and microscopic glues to create smart, self-fixing fabrics.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Julian Thorne
Why Your Next Favorite Shirt Might Be Grown in a Lab Tank
Scientists are using genetically engineered bacteria to 'sculpt' fabrics at the molecular level, creating self-cleaning and self-healing clothes.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Julian Thorne
Your Clothes are Growing Up
Bio-integrated bio-sculpting is turning microbes into tiny garment workers, growing waterproof and self-healing features directly into cotton fibers.
Bio-Fabrication & Scalable Bioreactors
Julian Thorne
The Fabric That Feeds Itself: Why Your Next Shirt Might Be Alive
New research into 'bio-sculpted' textiles is turning cotton into a living, self-healing material using engineered microbes.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Julian Thorne
Beyond the raincoat: Why the future of fashion is grown, not sewn
Forget plastic coatings. New research shows how we can use bacterial communication and 'molecular sculpting' to create waterproof, germ-killing clothes that grow their own protective layers.
Cellulose-Microbe Interfacial Dynamics
Julian Thorne
Spectroscopic Analysis Reveals Nanoscale Precision in Self-Healing Microbial Fabric Surfaces
Advanced spectroscopic techniques have validated the nanometer-scale precision of bio-integrated textiles, revealing how microbial metabolic byproducts create self-healing and antimicrobial surfaces.
Functional Surface Topography & Wetting
Julian Thorne
Industrial Scaling of Microbial Bio-Sculpting for Next-Generation Textile Manufacturing
New industrial bioreactors and sterile protocols are enabling the large-scale production of bio-patterned textiles, leveraging genetically engineered microbes to enhance cellulose fibers.
