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Ford has announced that its 2017 Ford GT supercar can reach a top speed of 216 mph – the highest ever for any Ford production vehicle.
Perhaps now more than ever, university research is critical. Inquisitive researchers on campuses across the U.S. are working on projects related to materials, technologies, processes and applications ...
German company RUF developed the Rodeo concept, an all-wheel-drive carbon fiber safari vehicle based on the classic Porsche 911 safari rally car. Alois Ruf, Jr. has a long relationship with the ...
The National Composites Centre (NCC) and Motivation partnered to use sustainable composite materials to manufacture a wheelchair seat pan concept targeted for use by disabled people in developing ...
Graduate students at the University of Miami are working to substitute steel deck reinforcement with GFRP rebars in the construction of the “Fate Bridge.” ...
Researchers at the Center for Advanced Die Engineering and Technology at Gifu University and Central Fine Tool Co Ltd. have co-developed a new technology that is expected to reduce vehicle weight.
Composite manufacturing specialists at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) have made what some have called the world’s first reconfigurable carbon composite ...
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has created a pavilion installation, known as Flotsam & Jetsam, which is now one of the world’s largest 3D printed objects.
A Japanese architect unveiled “fa-bo,” a three-floor office building surrounded by hundreds of carbon fibers used to protect it from earthquakes.
At CES® 2017, LeEco had two Android powered "smart bikes" on display, each of which featured carbon fiber composites from Toray.
The new Smart Fortwo car got a little smarter: Automotive supplier Fehrer Composite Components has developed a new lightweight roof in a sandwich-type design. The component is currently the lightest ...
Wabash National, seeking to innovative, made the transportation industry’s first refrigerated trailer made with molded structural composites.