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Cleaning your clothes in a washing machine on even a hot water setting of 60°C (140°F) can fail to remove potentially harmful bacteria – a finding that could also be contributing to the rise of ...

Homemakers in the 19th century had to devote most of a day to washing clothes each week: hauling and heating water, scrubbing ...

Alessandra Sutti has received research funding from the Australian Research Council, the Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre, the Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre and by ...

Doing the laundry should breathe fresh life into our wardrobes, eliminating stains and unpleasant odours from our garments. Yet all too often, clothing emerges from the wash frayed, misshapen or ...

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