Rishabh Nain [Opens in a new window], We leverage the snap-through response of a bistable origami mechanism to induce a discontinuous evolution of drag with flow speed. The transition between ...

The method uses "DNA origami," so-called as it uses the natural folding power of DNA, the building blocks of human life, to create new and useful biological structures. As a proof-of-concept ...

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Dec. 2, 2024 — Where do you see patterns in chaos? It has now been demonstrated in the incredibly tiny quantum realm. Researchers detail an experiment that confirms a theory first put forth 40 ...

Dec. 9, 2024 — Modeling how cars deform in a crash, how spacecraft responds to extreme environments, or how bridges resist stress could be made thousands of times faster thanks to new artificial ...

However, in some cases it takes longer. Don't forget to check your spam folder. They lead the UK Metamaterials Network, which brings together people in academia, industry and governmental agencies to ...

Sound absorption Incoming acoustic waves induce relative movements among the fibres, initiating the triboelectric effect within overlapping regions. The generated charges are dissipated through ...

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The life of billions of people inhabiting Earth is owed to a temporary organ that supported and nourished them in a mother's womb. The placenta, or afterbirth, is considered sacred by some ...

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