Carbon fiber (CF) has attained somewhat of a near-mystical appeal in consumer marketing, with it being praised for being stronger than steel while simultaneously being extremely lightweight. This ...

Carbon fiber 3.5 GPa (tens of thousands of tons of carbon fiber are produced each year) M5 fiber has been reported at 3-6 GPa of tensile strength but was supposed to reach a conservative 8.5 GPa and a ...

Carbon fiber -- what can't it do. The super-material is now venturing into the world of computer cooling, thanks to Sony. The electronics giant just showed off a prototype of a new cooling sheet, made ...

Carbon fiber changed the motorsport game when Formula One teams started using it to fabricate cars in the 1970s. A bunch of carbon atoms weaved together, carbon fiber is stiff, strong, and light—the ...

MUNICH—As a perennial fan of “How It’s Made” videos, my visit last month to GE’s Global Research Center in Munich was particularly fascinating. Although the campus is not involved with any actual ...

PC makers have something new to sell you. With hardware becoming more standardized, laptops are now differentiating themselves with their materials.