Ten times stronger than steel, nearly half the weight of aluminum, and far stiffer than fiberglass, carbon fiber carries a package of advantages, making it a preferred material for use in luxury ...

A team of researchers from Singapore and the UK, led by Dr. Wei Liang Lai, with supervisor, Associate Professor Kheng Lim Goh, has developed a portable device for repairing hard-to-see damage in ...

Kestrel is the first name in carbon fiber bikes, on the strength of a lengthy list of bike-industry firsts that include the first-ever production carbon fiber bike frame (1986) and first all-carbon ...

Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing. However, they often present a challenge to recycle or ...

For centuries, the fast-growing balsa tree has been prized for its light weight and stiffness relative to density. But balsa wood is expensive and natural variations in the grain can be an impediment ...

The trucking of freight across continents is an enormous and growing industry, as anyone who drives the roads of Europe and North America can attest. Limited by gross weight restrictions (vehicle plus ...