The invention of the washing machine relieved householders of an age-old drudgery--for centuries, clothes had been cleaned by soaking them in stream water and pounding them with rocks. In 1797, the invention of the washboard for scrubbing eliminated...

A washing machine, or washer, is a machine designed to clean laundry, such as clothing, towels and sheets. The term is mostly applied only to machines that use water as the primary cleaning solution, as opposed to dry cleaning (which uses alternative...

IWS will once again be present with expert advice and technical information on their full range of washing and sanitizing systems. This year, IWM will also be exhibiting three machines from their latest range of washing/sanitizing systems for the food industry, specifically the...

If Tony Bullimore is still on board the Exide Challenger, it will be akin to living in a washing-machine, write Ian Burrell and Stuart Alexander. He will be in pitch darkness, perched on boxes of food, with three feet of water at his...

Don't clean your kids in the washing machine. Don't dry your cell phone in the microwave. And be sure not to read the phone book while driving. Those are among the winning entries in this year's Wacky Warning Label Contest, run by an anti-lawsuit group.Backers...

A small Russian city has welcomed a large new citizen: a 7.75-kilogram (17 pound, 1 ounce) baby whose mother had already delivered 11 other children.Tatiana Khalina, 42, delivered the girl by Caesarean section at a maternity clinic in Aleisk, a town of 30,000 people in...