Turning robotic ensembles into smart materials that mimic life
An artist's depiction of a material-like collective of robots forming a rigid device. Credit: Brian Long, University of California Santa...
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More versatile shape-shifting materials offer new possibilities for soft robotics and wearable tech
Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202313198 Finding new angles on an old artform, McGill researchers have increased the number of...
Selected social impact indicators influenced by materials for green energy technologies
The model introduced in this study used a system dynamics method with social life cycle assessment. Also, we considered geometallurgical...
New materials and techniques show promise for microelectronics and quantum technologies
A one-dimensional (1D) organic metal halide hybrid, (C8H22N2)Cu2Cl6, has been synthesized and characterized for the first time, which exhibits antiferromagnetic...
Max Planck-New York Center expands quantum materials research
This collaboration, originally established between Columbia University, the Flatiron Institute, and two Max Planck Institutes in Germany, will now include...
Proton-conducting materials could enable new green energy technologies | MIT News
As the name suggests, most electronic devices today work through the movement of electrons. But materials that can efficiently conduct...
