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Fire-Resistant Nanocomposite Material Developed for Use in Aircraft Interiors

With funding from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation funded by a grant from the UK government, a team of researchers from AIM Altitude, Composites Evolution Limited, and Sheffield Hallam...

McLaren’s Formula One Car Features Natural Fiber Composite Seat

Strong, light, and able to enhance the safety of drivers, carbon fiber has been a game-changer in Formula One racing. As companies focus more on the environment, designers are searching for new alternative...

BMW Motorrad’s Latest Patent Introduces a Motorcycle with an Innovative Carbon Fiber Chassis

BMW Motorrad is a leader in the use of carbon fiber in vehicles. The high-end HP race bike, designed for track use, features a carbon fiber chassis with a frame that weighs only 7.8 kgs. It now appears that...

Teijin High-Performance Fiber Strengthens NASA Mars Rover Landing Parachute

The Mars Perseverance Rover is carrying the heaviest payload yet in its latest mission to seek signs of past life on Mars and to gather rocks and soil to be analyzed upon its return. The landing parachute of...

Carbon Fiber in Clear View on New Donkervoort Supercar

The core of Donkervoort Automobielen’s JD70 is a hybrid chassis built of a tubular steel ladder frame reinforced with carbon fiber for added strength and reduced weight. That’s just the beginning of the...

Recycled Carbon Fiber Gets Second Life in Surfboards

Sustainability is a core value of JUC SURF. The three founders of JUC Surf have experience working with carbon fiber in manufacturing with leading companies such as Boeing and Ford and are completing PhDs in...