BMW's carbon fiber parts will soon be replaced with a lightweight, flax-based natural fiber, and it's hitting mass production ...

BMW M will use natural fiber composites in future production vehicles. The material was developed with Bcomp and has been ...

Straightforward reaction expands ability to recycle strong, lightweight materials used in applications such as wind turbines ...

Forget carbon fiber and other synthetic composites, BMW will start offering cars with panels made of flax. This is being done in the name of cutting carbon emissions and future recyclability. And no, ...

Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber is a staple in aerospace and high-performance vehicles — and now, ...

ORNL researchers, from left, Sumit Gupta and Chris Bowland inspect carbon fiber materials as part of their effort to improve the performance of composite materials.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a new way to make carbon ...

Peak Design's latest photo accessory is a carbon fiber tripod that's available in short, standard, and tall sizes. I had an ...

Initially only seeing brief popular use as the filament in ... in which case they are referred to as carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP). Example SEM and TEM images of the released particles ...

The carbon fiber production process is notoriously energy-intensive, using up to 900 megajoules per kilogram, which is far more than the energy required to produce steel or aluminum. Worse yet ...

The monopod conversion is a nice touch as well: we rarely find ourselves using it in this configuration, but sports photographers will love it. We think the Carbon Fiber Two Series is marketed as ...