By Eric Bland | Thu Apr 1, 2010 07:00 AM ET
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Cotton-T-shirts-Could-Become-...
Xiaodong Li's CV (PDF format) mentions the paper (#147 in his list of publications):
http://www.me.sc.edu/fs/pdf/Chris_Li.pdf
Seems to fit in with the rest of his research, as well. It could be an April Fools Day prank, but there's enough out there to make me think it's not.