A team of chemists has developed a method for recycling the polyester from cotton/poly blend fabrics.

The invasive pink bollworm has inflicted tens of millions of dollars in damage annually. Biotech cotton and sterile moths helped eradicate it in the US.

Cotton biofuel cells could provide a continuous charge for the batteries in implantable medical devices like pacemakers.

In "a remarkable detective story," scientists have used CRISPR to find what makes cotton bollworm caterpillars resistant to genetically engineered cotton.