Computational Modeling of Failure at the Fabric Weave Level in Reentry Parachute Energy Modulators Energy modulators (EM) are textile mechanical devices designed to dissipate snatch loads that occur ...
Centaur-style wearable robot adds two legs behind humans, cutting walking effort by 35% while carrying heavy loads.
Diesel prices are spiking at the fastest pace in years, pushing crack spreads toward crisis levels. The surge could boost ...
Arterial stiffness, a leading marker of risk in hypertension, can be measured at material or structural levels, with the latter combining effects of the geometry and composition of the wall, including ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists create a shape-shifting material that snaps into 13 forms using stored energy and magnetic fields. (CREDIT: Nature ...
Stronger batteries, longer-lasting electric vehicles, and more energy-efficient machines could soon become a reality thanks to a breakthrough in energy storage. Several technologies rely on storing ...
Conventional elastic metasurfaces for energy focusing are limited by chromatic aberration, preventing broadband operation. Here, we propose an elastic metasurface with achromatic focusing across an ...
Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. The moiré superlattice in twisted van der Waals heterostructures is of central ...
Scientists have discovered a new way to store mechanical energy using twisted rods in specially designed metamaterials, delivering massive energy density gains and big potential for robotics and ...
Credit: IAM, KIT / Collage: Anja Sefrin, KIT. An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a new type of mechanical metamaterial ...
An international research team has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness ...