Researchers in Portugal have developed a way to insert “microcapsules,” which are small shells measuring between 1 and 100 micrometers (the latter is slightly longer than the width of a human hair) into fabrics.
Fragrances can be injected into the shells, which can then be used in products from scratch-and-sniff stickers to peel-apart perfume samples in magazines.
Scientists turned to polyurethane-urea, a more environmentally-friendly plastic. The researchers created microcapsules filled with limonene (which is found in the rinds of lemons and gives them their citrus smell), and applied them to samples of wool and polyester.
They tested the scent-infused fabrics and found that the scent was long-lasting and resisted drying cleaning and other wear.
Such lemony-fresh fabrics could be used to make BO-neutralizing, suits, socks and even underwear, the researchers say.
The results of the study are detailed in the July 2 issue of the journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
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Someone is going to look like a jack ass - CS
Everyone will have to wait a few more weeks! - SOW
David Beckham’s bad breath - GB
Samantha Ronson wears the pants in the relationship - DS
Too much drugs or alcohol? - ND
Cute - AIW
American Idol tour setlist - GTS
I’m so happy, I could piss right now, fully clothed, all over my carpet, which probably has something to do with the tall cup of water I drank not too long ago. But whatevers, I’m elated. Crazy ass ‘it’s Britney, bitch!’ is back y’all! She’s with her former pap lover AND she’s been texting Adnan about how her dad is too “controlling.”
This can only mean ONE thing - when Jamie Spears conservatorship ends shortly, our crazy ass bitch will be back in full trainwreck mode. I heart all versions of Brit Brit: dirty weave, braless, psycho ass bitch style, bald headed and batshit, or showered with covered up nips in a bra. In summary, if she’s getting back in touch with her inner crazy, that works.
Our sources say over the last few months Adnan has been getting into The Summit, the gated community where Brit lives. They have been “together,” though we can’t say it’s still going on. We know they have been texting back and forth, at times complaining that Daddy Jamie is too “controlling” by trying to put the kibosh on the relationship.
Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are expecting a baby boy, a rep from the baby boutique Petit Tresor.
The couple, who married in May, filled out a registry for their baby in June and our source says, “almost everything is blue.”
A salesperson who helped the couple said, “They [Simpson and Wentz] made it very clear that it was a boy.”
Simpson and Wentz will visit the baby boutique next week to discuss the nursery, our source confirms.
I so wanna see a People magazine photo spread with the Wentz baby in guyliner. Please, Pete, please! I can’t wait to see this mess as it unfolds. This kid is gonna be arrested for a DUI before even losing his training wheels. Future trainwreck alert! Luvs it.
I HATE this idea so much because it’s so unoriginal, lame, dated and greedy. Sex and the City the movie does well, let’s make a Friends movie too?!!!!! Suck my armpit, NBC!
Cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer will reprise their roles for a big-screen adaptation ‘within the next 18 months’, according to insiders.
The actors have been inspired by the recent success of Sex And The City, which recently hit cinemas worldwide.
Talk of a reunion for the loveable gang from New York’s Central Perk has been bandied around Hollywood ever since the show aired its final season in 2004.
Alright, goes like this: I didn’t watch the finale cause I was out having a good time, but I did read about what happened. Tila picked Kristy, Kristy said ‘I want penis, not pussy, sorry.’ Nah she said,
“If I take this key I’m not being true.”
Then Tila said,
“Why would you do that now? Why would you put me through all this process?”
- because she’s following the script, bitch!
Tila then retaliated with her myspace and keyboard by posting this poem/rant/threats/motivational entry. Enjoy:
BITCHES AIN’T SHIT BUT HOES AND TRICKS!
Thunderfuck my mouth is shut. Been a while, feel like a cunt.
Can’t wait for this drama to pass.
Oh the joy…..fuck you. My ass.
Live a lie.
Tell my mind.
Over soon. I can’t deny.
You will all soon see, the truth in my eyes.
Smile on my face, the loving embrace….but instead I’ll punch you in the face.
For a long time coming….I let you touch me….now that it’s over bitch….You better start running.
Pent up inside….telling these lies….this has gone too far…..the world will soon die.
Only 1 more day. To feel this way. Tomorrow I smile….brings another day!
Back to myself. Nobody else. Fuck all this bullshit. I’m back to myself. Yes. Thank the fuck God.
Kanye is always giving props to Louis in his songs. This partnership is well deserved. Congrats!
Louis Vuitton is apparently looking to beef up its presence in the glow-in-the-dark menswear market.
Sitting front and center at the French fashion house’s spring 2009 show in Paris last week, Kanye West told Women’s Wear Daily that he has signed on to collaborate on a line of men’s footwear for the LVMH-owned luxury brand.
The clothes-conscious rapper also said that he’s working on a non-Louis-related signature line of womenswear that’s set to debut this fall.
Damn, she’s got hawt legs!! I’m like, uh, huh? Well, I guess it makes sense that Amy’s legs would look hot now cause as you can see, she’s clearly put on some pounds. What a damn mess she is, though, but hawt legs and amazing voice. Dumb trainwreck.
