Electrically heated elements turn from solids to liquids to provide flexibility to robotic building blocks.
Mechanical engineers at Duke University have developed solid building blocks whose mechanical properties can ...
It uses a system called simplified molecular-input line-entry system (SMILES). This translates chemical 3D structures into ...
Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties into solid Lego-like building blocks. By controlling the solidity of hundreds ...
The invention of tiny devices capable of precisely controlling the direction and behavior of light is essential to the ...