Heat-driven elastocaloric cooling with shape memory films
Device fabrication Detailed architecture designs of the prototype are provided in Supplementary Fig. 1. The heat sink in…
Measuring stress inside composites with mechanophores
A wind turbine blade can span tens of metres, but failure may begin within a microscopic region hidden…
A manifesto for Sustainability Robotics
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Optical fibre gripper for high-performance 3D micromanipulation
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Wearable, broadband auscultation patch with cantilever pressure transducer for remote healthcare monitoring
System overview Figure 1a illustrates multimodal applications of AusculPatch that can be attached to multiple sites of the…
Scientists Create Strange Shape-Shifting Material
A close look at a free-standing arch made of crown-leg staples. Credit: CU Boulder A simple bundle of…
Squeaking at soft–rigid frictional interfaces
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On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials enable versatile manipulation of surface acoustic waves, microfluids, and micro/nano-objects
On-chip phased interdigital metamaterials (PIMs) for manipulating surface acoustic waves (SAWs), fluids, and micro/nano-objects The PIM is inspired…
Google’s DeepMind Cracks a Century-Old Physics Mystery With AI
For over a century, mathematicians and physicists have wrestled with the chaotic nature of fluid movement — how…
Magnetostrictive mechanical frequency combs | Nature Communications
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Experimental realization of temporal refraction and reflection in elastic beams
A time-varying metabeam supporting temporal interfaces The time-varying metamaterial under analysis consists of a long, thin beam where…
An enhanced instantaneous detonation model for underwater explosions involving condensed explosives
Underwater explosion (UNDEX) has found applications in diverse research fields, including underwater mineral mining, waterway and port excavation,…