MIT’s moisture-sensitive sportswear might one day be genetically modified to glow in the dark. Rob Chron / © 2012 Tangible Media Group / MIT Media Lab The small ...

Testing both rapid and standard 60°C cycles, the team found that half of the machines didn’t disinfect the clothing – cut the bacteria numbers by at least 90 per cent – during the former, and ...

According to Daily Mail, the warning isn’t unfounded. Dr. Primrose Freestone, a senior lecturer in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Leicester, said unwashed thrifted garments may carry ...