Novel Technology for Sorting Fibers in Fabrics Could Potentially Make Clothes, Other Textiles Recyclable

Medicine & Technology Jan 14, 2024

When fibers are mixed together, clothes become almost impossible to recycle. Read to learn more.

Self-Illuminating Proteins Assemble Themselves Into Engineered Fibers, Show Potential as Therapeutic Agents Against Multiple Diseases

Dec 28, 2023

Researchers developed self-assembling therapeutic proteins which can be used for drug encapsulation. Learn more about it in this article.

Nanofibers Enable Paralyzed Mice to Walk Again: Study Reveals How ‘Bioactive Scaffold’ Regenerates Damaged Cells From Spinal Cord Injuries

Nov 16, 2021

A new four-week breakthrough study recently revealed how paralyzed mice were able to walk through the use of bioactive scaffold and nanofibers.

High-Pressure Manufacturing Improves Glass for Fiber Optic Cables

Dec 23, 2020

Though fiber optic cables have made communication and data transmission even faster than previously possible, it is still subject to physical limitations and data losses. A new study has found a way to reduce signal losses from glass-based fiber optic cables.

Research Shows How Much Fiber We Need To Prevent Disease

Jan 02, 2020

We all know that we need fiber for better health, but how much fiber do we need in a day?

Carbon Nanotube Brain Implants Could Enhance Parkinson's Treatments

Mar 26, 2015

Using Carbon Nanotubes in Brain Implants

Watch This Spider Spin a Web That Makes Tech Designers Envious

Jan 30, 2015

Looking to boost the integrity of nanofilaments, important in commercial manufacturing and technology, researchers from Oxford University recently investigated how the filaments are spun in nature. Pulling inspiration from outside in their gardens, the researchers from the UK captured female Uloborus plumipes commonly known as “feather-legged lace weavers” and watched them spin their webs.