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Harvard Chemists Use Dyes as a New Data Storage Method

Harvard chemists developed a new data storage method using fluorescent dyes that may be much more durable and cost-efficient than traditional storage methods. Chemistry professor George M. Whitesides ’60 and his research group showed that digital data can be stored in mixtures of fluorescent dye molecules deposited by an inkjet printer, per a paper published in American Chemical Society Central Science earlier this month. Click the link to read more:

This New Dye Changes Color When Exposed To UV Light

MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory may have a break through in color-changing technology. Now you may be able to personalize the color of your shoes or shirt based on what you're feeling today. Photochromic color dyes, which are able to change color upon exposure to UV light, are the foundation of the project's success. With this color technology, there may be commercially viable solutions for wide array of products. Click the link to read more:

Worn Again Transforms Old Clothes Into Raw Materials

Worn Again Technologies, a U.K. based startup, is bringing a new definition to recycling. The company uses a reverse engineering process to convert used polyester and cotton back into raw materials. The process includes decontaminating stripping out color dyes and chemicals. Click below to read the article!

Just dye it: how this apparel company is developing water- and chemical-free textile tinting

The textile industry, consuming one of the highest quantity of color dyes, is simultaneously responsible for significant usage of water and processing chemicals. With environmental concerns on the rise, companies are looking for innovative solutions to counter discharged waste water. Dyecoo, based in the Netherlands, has invented a textile dyeing machine which does not require water or processing chemicals. Backed by several global bands, Dyecoo uses a method of pressurizing and heating carbon dioxide in their cutting-edge technology.

Meet the blue crew, scientists trying to give food, flowers, and more a color rarely found in nature

The discovery of a new blue pigment back in 2009 is dubbed as "YlnMn Blue". This accidental pigment blue has seen as a breakthrough of a new color, "the bluest of blues." In mankind's history, blue pigments have been incredibly rare to come by. With blue dyes and pigments containing complex chemistry, the blue spectrum is scarce in nature and even more difficult to synthesize. Although color can be taken for granted, our fellow scientists continue the research to discover new blues.