Floating into summer with more buoyant, liquid-proof life jackets, swimsuits (video)

(American Chemical Society) Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing and swimming. Life jackets and swimsuits are essential gear for these activities, but if not dried thoroughly, they can develop a gross, musty smell. Now, researchers reporting inACS Applied Materials& Interfaces have developed a one-step method to create a buoyant cotton fabric for these applications that is also oil- and water-repellant.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news