Researchers have developed a polymer structure inspired by a classic “Chinese lantern” that can change into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes when it is compressed or twisted. These ...
Permanent magnets play a crucial role in medicine due to its field strength, tunability of field and gradient distributions, as well as practical implementation. In a new study published in KeAi ...
Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, in collaboration with the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
Florida State University researchers have created a new crystalline material with unusual magnetic patterns that could be ...
In other tests, the team carefully controls the magnetic fields in different areas to guide the robots through obstacle courses by crawling along the ground, jumping over moats, climbing walls, and ...
By using one physical principle—magnetism—to drive both movement and power, the team created a robot that is more efficient, ...
The global shape memory materials market is expanding rapidly, driven by advancements in shape memory alloys (SMAs), shape memory polymers (SMPs), and emerging shape memory ceramics (SMCs). These ...
Recently the MagQuest competition on improving the measuring of the Earth’s magnetic field announced that the contestants in ...
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Pigeons Rely on the Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate. Now, Researchers May Have Uncovered How They Do It
The vestibular system, a set of structures in the inner ears that helps with balance, may grant the birds their special ...
An artist's concept of a massive solar burst, with Earth for scale. Illustration: NASA/GSFC/SDO Our Sun is a dynamic star, constantly bombarding our planet with charged particles that cause aurorae ...
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