Category: Columns

The importance of protection in football and bicycle helmets has become a hot topic as scientists learn more about brain injuries. Researchers from the University of Colorado of Boulder...

Cyclists look for lightweight, strong bicycles frames and, seeing as cycling is a clean mode of transportation, many also look for the materials in the frames to be sustainably...

KraussMaffei and Synergy Horizon Group developed a process to produce a 100% bio-based reinforced thermoplastic – lignin-reinforced polylactide.    Lignin is often considered a waste by-product of the bioethanol...

Piasecki Aircraft Corporation, in conjunction with the Air Force Research Laboratory, received a $37M contract from the U.S. Air Force’s innovation program, AFWERX, as part of its Strategic Funding...

NASA’s testing of future aircraft designs is both earthly and out of this world. Here on Earth, the agency is testing carbon fiber rotor blades for the next-generation Mars...

Inspired Overland was founded with the intent of developing products for off-road and overland campers that are affordable and high-quality. The company succeeded and received the SEMA (Specialty Equipment...

New Zealand-based Vélos Advancements is building its new Holocene road bike from recycled Toray carbon fiber. According to Vélos, its focus is on “taking a novel and possibly world-first...

Production and disposal of carbon fiber are energy intensive and environmentally challenging. As recent news has shown, sustainability is becoming increasingly important as a tenet of business. Apply Carbon...

Omni Tanker is in the enviable position of global demand exceeding its production capabilities. As the company expanded into aerospace and hydrogen transport applications, leadership realized that action was...