Researchers used kirigami, the art of Japanese paper cutting and folding, to develop ultrastrong, lightweight materials that have tunable mechanical properties, like stiffness and flexibility. These ...

Titanium screws are playing an increasingly important role in advanced manufacturing as more industries pursue lightweight structures, long-term durability, and higher resistance to demanding service ...

TRB Lightweight Structures announces it has been selected by Elekta as one of its top twenty suppliers. The company will manufacture a lightweight flooring solution which will be used in the rooms, or ...

TRB Lightweight Structures and Toyota Tsusho America announced a joint venture to produce high volume composite parts to serve the automotive industry in North America. The new venture has opened a ...

Researchers engineer a new class of microlattice materials with enhanced stiffness-to-density ratios and giant negative Poisson's ratios, ideal for lightweight applications. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for a Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) that will be tasked with developing “intelligent production technologies for lightweight plastic ...

Constellium SE has announced its involvement in 'Project M-LightEn,' a collaborative initiative aimed at creating ultra-lightweight, sustainable vehicle chassis structures, led by the Gordon Murray ...

LAYERTEC's lightweight scanning mirrors, with their innovative leaf-like structure on the rear side, are engineered for rapid and precise laser beam positioning. Their exceptionally high surface ...

The potential dangers of lightweight construction and its inherent deficiencies must be understood by every firefighter and fire officer. From a strategic and tactical standpoint, lightweight ...

image: MIT researchers used kirigami, the art of Japanese paper cutting and folding, to develop ultrastrong, lightweight materials that have tunable mechanical properties, like stiffness and ...