Textiles are all the different types of cloth or fabric that we use. They can make clothes, furnishing and even buildings. Different textiles can keep us warm and dry and let us express ourselves ...

NIST’s database is designed to aid that process. Using its Near-Infrared Spectra of Origin-defined and Real-world Textiles, or NIR-SORT, it contains 64 different fabric types along with the NIR ...

The creation of this database comes as a response to the escalating trend of discarding used clothing into landfills, which is often seen as a more cost-effective alternative to recycling.