Engineers from the University of Michigan and Rice University have developed a method to replace costly chemical treatments in desalination plants with carbon cloth electrodes that remove boron ...

They are strong, stiff and light. Bundles of carbon fibres are woven together to make a sort of fabric. The fabric is baked with a plastic resin to make a composite material that is perfect for ...

Well, we watch-less ones have something to look forward to, because a group of graduate students at Rice University have created extremely strong conductive thread woven from carbon nanotubes ...