So when the fibre is drawn the researchers apply a powerful electric field to ensure that the molecules in the plastic all line up in the same direction as the fibre cools.

当纤维提取出来后，研究人员会对其施加一个强大的电场，以保证纤维冷却后，塑料的分子都按照同一方向排列。

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Instead of optical fibre, HP is using waveguides-small strips of plastic with grooves on their highly reflective metallic walls.

惠普没有用光缆，而是应用了光波导——数条塑料细丝包以高反光的金属薄膜。

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The paintings, now made of glass fibre and reinforced plastic, are six meters (20 feet) high and 4.6 meters (15 feet) wide, and weigh up to 1.5 tons.

这幅由玻璃纤维和强化塑料制成的油画，高6米(20尺)，宽4.6米(15尺)，重达1.5吨。

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"The carbon fibre reinforced plastic parts are at least 30% lighter than aluminium and 50% lighter than steel for identical component use, so the vehicle weighs 300kg less than an ordinary vehicle, " Mr Bauman explains.

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Worldwide, airlines have been slowly but steadily putting into operation two next-generation aircraft -- Boeing's 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 -- both of which have shells made heavily of composite materials, such as carbon-fibre reinforced plastic, instead of aluminium.

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One of the ways that Chapman added lightness to his cars, the use of composite materials such as carbon fibre and glass-reinforced plastic, is not that practical either.

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