In laboratories around the world, scientists have long dreamed of building machines so small ...

Ottawa, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global polyester fiber market size was estimated at USD 135.10 billion in 2025 and is expected to increase from USD 145.03 billion in 2026 to USD 274.58 ...

According to the latest insights from Mordor Intelligence, the global carbon fiber market is projected to grow from 245.37 kilotons in 2026 to 562.77 kilotons by 2031, registering a strong CAGR of 18.

Controlled manipulation of fibers that are as thin as or even thinner than human hair is a real challenge. Despite technological development, the precise and reversible change of the microfibers' ...

A new research project aims to employ renewables instead of petroleum in producing acrylic fibers used for everything from textiles to automobiles. The Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy ...

Carbon fibers are polymers of carbon/graphite arranged in large sheets of hexagonal rings and confer several advantages such as high stiffness, high tensile strength, high chemical resistivity, high ...

A carbon nanotube is tough—by some measures, more than 30 times more robust than Kevlar. As they’re only a few atoms thick, however, that toughness isn’t especially useful. Attempts have been made to ...

Since Roger Bacon discovered “graphite whiskers” in 1958 at Union Carbide’s Parma Technical Center (now GrafTech International), carbon fibers have been used in high performance applications from ...

Cornell researchers have discovered a previously unknown way plants regulate water that is so fundamental it may change plant biology textbooks—and open the door to breeding more drought-tolerant ...