Category: Columns

Researchers at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have demonstrated that carbon nanotubes have the potential to act as a thermoelectric power generator that captures and uses...

According to Airbus, an easy-to-use testing tool, known as the “Line Tool,” for inspecting the composite airframe of the aircraft manufacturer’s A350 XWB jetliner, has recently become highly sought after...

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and manufacturer Komatsu Seiren unveiled “fa-bo,” the manufacturer’s three-floor office building surrounded by hundreds of carbon fibers used to protect it from earthquakes. Japan Trends...

Recently, the team behind Solar Impulse (Si2), the single-seater carbon fiber plane which is attempting to make history by flying around the world only with solar energy, announced its...

Recently, Egypt’s minister of antiquities, Mamdouh al-Damaty, announced plans to move forward with an underwater museum project in the Eastern Harbor area of Alexandria’s Abu Qir Bay. The museum,...

Correction [1/14/2016]: The original title of the article said NASA’s composite material solution could save airlines $250 million. It is actually $250 billion. The article has been updated.  Last...

According to a January 4 CNN feature story, there are more personal submarines on the market now than there have even been before. CNN cites one such submarine, the...

Disney has collaborated with composite material researchers from ETH Zurich to create a robot, named VertiGo, which can scale walls and pull off 90 degree flips. Fortune reports that...

[alert type=blue] The 2017 State of the Industry report is now online! Make sure to check out our forecast for the composites industry in 2017.[/alert] A Look at Materials, Manufacturing...