] In the classic 1951 film, The Man in the White Suit, Alec
] Guinness played a scientist who invents a fabric that
] never gets dirty or wears out. A chemist's pipe dream
] perhaps, but the prospect of self-cleaning clothes might
] be getting closer.

[ Sign me up for some of that! -k]

Clothes launder own fabric: Catalytic cotton chows down on dirt.