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July 14, 2021 Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing and swimming. Life jackets and swimsuits are essential gear for these activities, but if not dried thoroughly, they ...
June 28, 2022 Scientists reveal their development of a new type of prosthetic using microfluidics-enabled soft robotics that promises to greatly reduce skin ulcerations and pain in patients who have had an ...
Aug. 22, 2023 Researchers show mechanics of how drag on a partially submerged object may be several times greater than drag on a fully submerged object made of the same ...
Apr. 24, 2023 A new smart material is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to respond to two different ...
June 7, 2023 A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists have ...
July 11, 2023 An interdisciplinary team presents a study of the dynamics of buoyant spheres at the air-water interface. Their work reveals complex hydrodynamics involved in forming horizontal air cavities and the ...
Sep. 22, 2023 There is a largely untapped energy source along the world's coastlines: the difference in salinity between seawater and freshwater. A new nanodevice can harness this difference to generate ...
Sep. 8, 2023 Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a 'brainless' soft robot that can navigate ...
June 2, 2021 Researchers have demonstrated 'giant flexoelectricity' in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement range and make self-powered pacemakers a real ...
Feb. 2, 2023 Sometimes, the most complex problems can be solved with the simplest approaches. Such was the case for researchers as they tried to resolve a longstanding issue of fluid friction -- the resistance ...