The journey towards circular high-performance composites begins with one core question: why redesign an already mature class ...

Xiaoting Jia is in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, ...

Manipulating fibres as thin as, or thinner than, a human hair has long been a technical challenge. While many “smart” materials can respond to stimuli such as ...

Fibres are regularly found within the delivery cartridge (DC) and in the anterior chamber (AC) during phacoemulsification cataract surgery (PCS) and postoperatively. The purpose of this study was to ...

The conference aims to pave pathways to a sustainable textile industry. Credit: Lucian Coman/Shutterstock. The event, organised by nova-Institute, is set to take place on 12-13 March 2025 in Cologne, ...

Researchers in Germany and Australia have grown two-dimensional materials directly on optical fibres for the first time, creating a new hybrid platform with possible applications in a host of ...

New research has shown that bio-based fibers caused higher mortality, and reduced growth and reproductivity, among earthworms -- a species critical to the health of soils globally -- than conventional ...

Fibres are the solid substance which has long chained structure and whose length is much larger than its breadth is called fibres. These are the polymers of so many simple molecules which are composed ...

Most of the microfibres polluting our oceans – which have long been assumed to be plastic – are actually natural fibres like cotton and wool. But we don’t yet know whether these fibres pose the same ...