This new material is stronger than existing aluminium, cheaper and lighter than steel, and can also be used with insulation panels designed to produce a building envelope system that is safer, cheaper ...

South Korea, have developed a new method for manufacturing strong yet lightweight carbon fibre structures without the need ...

Vehicle lightweighting isn’t an ideal, it’s an imperative. Alongside ever-improving safety equipment, the batteries and complex powertrains that push cars more miles per gallon are making cars heavier ...

Researchers at Seoul National University have developed a new class of ultralight structural materials that combine the ...

Antony Ingram November 9, 2011 Comment Now! The battle of lightweight materials is becoming one of many players. Companies like Mazda are striving to cut down weight with clever use of high-strength ...

Carbon fiber is the miracle material that made its bones in the automotive scene with McLaren race cars in the early 1980s. Since then, it has found its way into body panels and monocoques for ...

Over the past three decades, the manufacture of bicycle frames has advanced rapidly from an industry traditionally centered on steel to the use of extremely lightweight materials, including steel and ...

At the beginning of this year, China’s first self-dumping truck equipped with a carriage that is made of carbon fiber composite material was completed. The truck is 8.6 meters long, with a load ...

Carbon fiber wheels exist because, for the right kind of driver — or automaker — they solve problems aluminum never could. They're light but made of sturdy and durable carbon fibers tightly interlaced ...

Dell's got a new ultrabook on the way that makes use of aluminum and carbon fiber. Having announced it at CES tonight, Dell will start taking orders in February. Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and ...