Chinese scientists say they have created a superstrong carbon nanotube wire with record-breaking ability to conduct electricity that could someday be used in aerospace and other critical industries.

(Nanowerk News) In today’s market for high performance fibers, used for applications such as bulletproof vests, manufacturers have only four options: Kevlar, Spectra, Dyneema, and Zylon. Made from ...

Set up your two identical tables, chairs or desks so they are next to one another, with a two- to three-inch gap in between. Roll six of your pieces of paper into tubes about one inch in diameter ...

If the game you want to play is only available for Windows, here are three things you can try to get it running on your Mac. I happened upon the budget brand at a chintzy souvenir shop in Maine. I ...

Human hair tested stronger than thicker fibers from elephants, boars and giraffes, providing clues to materials scientists hoping to make superstrong synthetic fibers. All mammals have hair ...

I agree with the claim that after superstrong AI exceeds some threshold, science could never, even in principle, distinguish actual inner awareness from apparent inner awareness. But I do not ...

Dutch artist Jalila Essaïdi and cell biologist Abdoelwaheb El Ghalbzouri blended synthetic spider silk with human skin to produce a superstrong material that can stop a rifle bullet shot at half ...

Researchers at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology just invented a building material that could make construction projects stronger and more sustainable—and it’s based on the skeleton ...