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07/25/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Researchers create new textiles that don’t easily wrinkle

Even in engineering, a wrinkle-free textile is ideal. Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) Okanagan campus are looking for ways to reduce wrinkling in producing textile composites. Like all composite materials, textile composites consist of a component material (often thermoplastic) or a combination of two materials reinforced with woven, knitted, or braided fabric. They […]

07/17/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Scientists develop an artificial muscle from carbon fiber capable of lifting 12,600x its own weight

What makes a muscle able to carry over 12,000 times its own weight? Carbon fiber and silicone, according to research published in the journal Smart Materials and Structures. The artificial muscle, the creation of researchers from the University of Illinois, is made from siloxane rubber reinforced with carbon fiber. It is capable of supporting 12,600 […]

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