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Nature 431, 749 (14 October 2004) | doi:10.1038/431749a; Published online 13 October 2004
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It might seem an unlikely addition to the world of fashion design, but the creators of this new fabric (right) claim that it is wearable. Mehmet Bayindir and colleagues have melted together strands of optical, metallic and insulating materials to form fibres that are then woven into what they call a "spectrometric fabric" (see page 826 of this issue).
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