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Scientists harness bacteria to create ‘living’ liquid crystals

28.08.2019 | University of Chicago | www.uchicago.edu

Liquid crystals are widely used in technologies such as displays, which manipulate their orientation to display colors across the spectrum.

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Scientists harness bacteria to create ‘living’ liquid crystals

Discovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanate

17.06.2019 | Phys.org | www.phys.org

Light can be used not only to measure materials' properties, but also to change them. Especially interesting are those cases in which the function of a material can be modified, such as its ability…

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Discovery of light-induced ferroelectricity in strontium titanate

New smart material works better under pressure

15.04.2019 | University of Wollongong | www.uow.edu.au

Advanced robotics sensitive touch or next-generation wearable devices with sophisticated sensing capabilities could soon be possible following the development of a rubber that combines flexibility…

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New smart material works better under pressure

Fish-Inspired Material Changes Color Using Nanocolumns

21.03.2019 | North Carolina State University | www.ncsu.edu

Inspired by the flashing colors of the neon tetra fish, researchers have developed a technique for changing the color of a material by manipulating the orientation of nanostructured columns in the…

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Fish-Inspired Material Changes Color Using Nanocolumns

New process of 3D printing piezoelectric materials

21.01.2019 | Virginia Tech | vt.edu

The piezoelectric materials that inhabit everything from our cell phones to musical greeting cards may be getting an upgrade thanks to work discussed in the journal Nature Materials.

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New process of 3D printing piezoelectric materials

New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof

02.07.2018 | MIT | web.mit.edu

Fabrics that resist water are essential for everything from rainwear to military tents, but conventional water-repellent coatings have been shown to persist in the environment and accumulate in our…

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New coatings make natural fabrics waterproof

UCLA engineer develops 3D printer that can create complex biological tissues

24.05.2018 | UCLA | www.ucla.edu

UCLA bioengineer has developed a technique that uses a specially adapted 3D printer to build therapeutic biomaterials from multiple materials. The advance could be a step toward on-demand printing of…

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UCLA engineer develops 3D printer that can create complex biological tissues

New robot without motor or batteries

16.05.2018 | Caltech | www.caltech.edu

Engineers at Caltech and ETH Zurich have developed robots capable of self-propulsion without using any motors, servos, or power supply. Instead, these first-of-their-kind devices paddle through water…

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Mimicking a sweet solution to mop up pollution

14.05.2018 | KAUST | www.kaust.edu.sa/en

A fast and safe method to prepare a 3D porous material that mimics the shape of a honeycomb could have broad applications from catalysis to drug delivery or for filtering air to remove pollutants or…

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Mimicking a sweet solution to mop up pollution

Cheap 3-D Printer Can Produce Self-Folding Materials

25.04.2018 | Carnegie Mellon University | www.cmu.edu

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3-D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or…

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