The manufacturing of carbon fiber-based composites uses fossil resources, which a research and technology project is trying to replace with bio-sourced materials. Credit: IRT Jules Verne Wood, a ...

The advanced composites market is evolving beyond its aerospace roots, poised for growth across diverse sectors like mobility and energy. This transition is guided by developments such as hydrogen ...

The aerospace industry has spent decades making aircraft lighter, stronger, and more fuel-efficient. However, ...

This achievement is not only a major technological breakthrough in the field of aviation cold chain equipment in China, but also an achievement in the implementation of the “14 th Five-Year Plan for ...

A group of Rice University students has turned a single-semester course project into a peer-reviewed research paper, demonstrating a new way to make high-performance composite materials both stronger ...

A Texas-based firm has filed patent for its next-generation self-lubricating aerospace composite. Carbon Fiber Max GX-F delivers exceptional strength, durability, wear resistance, and ...

The modern aerospace sector's rapid expansion has led to improvements in aircraft materials. Lowering expenses, lightweighting, and extending the operational life of the components in aircraft ...

In the latest Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel Materials, Communications and Hypersonics (iLAuNCH) project, three of its partner universities — the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), the ...

A highlight of Composites UK’s recent Biocomposites conference in Belfast was hearing from those involved in farming and natural fibre processing, including comparing natural fibres to bread in ...

JEC World 2023 in April promised a lot and delivered. Exhibitors from across the globe showcased all they had to offer, from sustainability — a major topic of discussion at most booths, whether it was ...