Readers of today’s Highway 99 tunnel story — about why the giant drill has advanced only 24 feet this month — have been wondering why there is fiberglass in the muck. The story described how ...

Mention "fiberglass" and "Chevy" in the same sentence, and most people immediately think "Corvette." It's a natural reaction, since fans of Chevy's sports car have been wrapping their, uh, persons in ...

Much like a silkworm uses a single thread to swaddle itself in a cocoon, a new kind of robot spins a single strand of material around its body to build custom-shaped fiberglass structures. Each robot, ...