Fibers

Fiber-optic cables are made up of tiny glass fibers which are as thin as human hairs.

Muscles are made of hundreds of thin fibers.

Use the highest heat settings only when you're ironing fabrics made of natural fibers like cotton or linen.

Using high heat settings while ironing synthetic fabrics will melt the synthetic fibers and cause visible permanent damage, which often looks like a shiny area where the too-hot iron had the longest contact with the fabric.

Yarn is spun from different fibers.

This towel has stronger fibers.

Figs contain fibers.

The abacá is a plant belonging to the banana family that produces one of the longest and strongest vegetable fibers.

They published the first study linking airborne plastic fragments and fibers to climate change Wednesday.

Presently, prosthetics rely on relatively heavy hydraulic, electric or pneumatic actuators to flex artificial fingers, but scientists at Germany's Saarland University are experimenting with much lighter fibers made of a nickel-titanium alloy that change shape when connected to a source of electricity.