In the world of semi-optional home appliances, nothing is more coveted than the washing machine and dryer. However convenient the combo may be, though, it's still not quite as efficient as it could be ...

Designers at the University of Leeds have developed a washing machine which uses just a cup full of water whilst leaving clothes as clean as normal washing. The technology, which uses plastic granules ...

A washing machine using as little as a cup of water for each washing cycle could go on sale to environmentally conscious Britons next year. Xeros Ltd, which has been spun out of the University of ...

Today the headlines are all about oil shortages. But tomorrow’s precious resource is water. That’s why Industrial design students Wendy Chua, 21, and Gabriel Tan, 23, from the National University of ...

According to Engadget, LG is currently working on a device which can clean your clothes as well as a normal washer-drier - but doesn't need water to do it. The invention could dramatically reduce ...

The KaionWave is a concept from Electrolux design labs. Only intended for cleaning stain-resistant nanofabrics (which don’t exist unless you count those Docker pants), the KaionWave uses ultraviolet-C ...

Xeros, the Rotherham-based cleaning technology group, is set to supply 32 near-waterless washing machines to Encom Trading LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Electro RAK, an UAE-based infrastructure ...

WATERLESS washing machine specialist Xeros received a lukewarm response on its AIM debut yesterday. Shares in the Leeds University spin-out floated on London’s junior market at 123p and fell to 115p ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Xeros, which has invented a near-waterless washing machine, is to float on Aim with an expected value of about ...