A micro-scale look at how parachute fibers respond under stress
Top: A cross-sectional view of a parachute textile, taken with a micro-CT scanner. Bottom: a 3D rendering of one of ...
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Researchers develop eco-friendly material from mushrooms, coffee grounds and natural pineapple fibers
Mycelium-based composites created from Pleurotus ostreatus, grown on used coffee grounds (SCG) as the main substrate, are enriched with natural ...
Study finds microplastic fibers can travel as far as the stratosphere
Fig. 1: An interdisciplinary team from the University of Vienna, Austria and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ...
Piezoelectric composites with carbon fibers for motion sensors
The principle, structural design and application of unidirectional carbon fiber reinforced flexible piezoelectric nanocomposite materials. Credit: Tohoku University An international ...
A sweater made from new airgel fibers is warmer than a down sweater
Photograph showing the bending and twisting of an encapsulated airgel textile. Credit: Science (2023). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj8013 A team of chemical ...
Scientists engineer bacteria to make two valuable products from plant fibers
Bacteria grown on a sorghum lignin solution secrete products like PDC into the surrounding medium, which must be separated from ...
Effective removal of abnormal myelin allows survival of nerve fibers targeted by adaptive immune cells
Electron microscope images of white matter axons in healthy control mice (top) and mice with different myelin gene defects. Axons ...
