Glowing Threads Illuminate New Prospects for Clothing

Gone are the days of humdrum fibers that do nothing beyond holding together the clothes we wear and bags we carry. In a paper published on 3 January in Science Advances, researchers from Purdue University, in Indiana, have created a new prototype of electroluminescent thread that can glow blue, green, and yellow while maintaining its shape, even under the rigors of machine embroidery.