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First Self-Cleaning Cloth Is Scientific Breakthrough

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By: TOM BRANNA

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CHINA: Did you hear the latest non-detergent cleaning system to come out of Asia? This one’s a doozy! Scientists at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are developing a new fabric that they insist has the ability to clean itself when exposed to sunlight. The new cloth is still at the pioneering stage but has already attracted the attention of manufacturers, the scientists said. The two scientists, Dr. Walid A. Daoud and Dr. John Xin, discovered that a titanium coating applied to fabric coul...

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