A new fiber, made by genetically engineered bacteria is stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar. A new fiber, made by genetically engineered bacteria is stronger than steel and tougher than Kevlar ...

If you've spent anytime around performance vehicles — cars, high speed boats, aircraft, bicycles, etc. — you've likely seen carbon fiber used somewhere in the construction. It might seem like wizardry ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Communities around the world rely on harvesting some of the rarest known fibers to make a living. But for most, it's not an easy task. Fragile fibers ...

If you've ever grabbed a cloth designed to clean your glasses or computer screen, it's likely you were using a microfiber product (and you've probably used them in a ton of other situations from car ...

Researchers report advances in their quest to make the best carbon nanotube fibers for industry. Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger than Kevlar and are inching up on the ...

Wool, wood, cotton, cocoons, coal, and petroleum are natural resources used to make fabrics. The reason each of these very different things can become fabric is that they all share a common chemistry.

Major industry players and stakeholders in the man-made cellulosic fibers (MMCF) value chain have today revealed an ambitious shared vision for unleashing the fibers’ huge potential for embedding long ...

A colorful display of plastic optical fibers Commercial optical fibers generally carry light that’s invisible to the eye. The colorful ones shown here transmit visible light, demonstrating how fiber ...