Shape memory alloys are exotic materials that can be deformed at room temperature and return to their "remembered," ...

Flat materials that can morph into three-dimensional shapes have potential applications in architecture, medicine, robotics, space travel, and much more. But programming these shape changes requires ...

Responsive materials that morph and adapt like biological systems are non-trivial to design and manufacture. Researchers developed a co-design framework that unites AI, physics, and 3D printing into ...

The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine, in collaboration with The University of Tokyo, has revealed that a team under the leadership of Prof. Takanori Ichiki, who serves as the Research Director of ...

Material science, at its core, is an interdisciplinary field focusing on the discovery and design of new materials. It combines elements of physics, chemistry and engineering to understand and ...

image: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a shape-shifting material that can take and hold any possible shape, paving the way ...

Recent research has introduced a new approach to this problem by drawing inspiration from kirigami—the art of cutting and folding flat sheets into intricate shapes. By applying kirigami-based designs ...

The nature-inspired metal material could enable shape-shifting wings that adjust themselves for smoother flight.