Scientists have been trying to create fibers that could flex like human muscles for a long time with varying degrees of success. MIT scientists have created materials that are able to contract and ...

Engineers have found a simple and inexpensive new approach to creating bending artificial muscle fibers. Artificial muscles -- materials that contract and expand somewhat like muscle fibers do -- can ...

Radici InNova's patented process uses selective dissolution technology to treat mixed textile waste and recover both its nylon and Lycra fibers.

Several biobased chemical makers plan to scale up production of nylon precursors made via fermentation. They are responding to demand from consumer product companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Using a combination of ordinary nylon thread and conductive ink, MIT scientists have created artificial muscles that can perform many of the motions found in natural muscle tissue. The researchers ...

SCRANTON – A thin nylon strand danced into the hissing cylinder, whizzing around a column of 400 tiny needles at near-imperceptible speed. A never-ending woven sleeve exited below and coiled onto a ...