Researchers at Penn State have developed a new fabrication method that allows a programmable ...

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

According to the official OECD estimates on global plastic pollution, out of all the plastic waste generated per annum, only 9% is recycled. The rest contaminates water bodies, soil, the air we ...

Researchers at Penn State have developed a fabrication method that can print multifunctional “smart synthetic skin” — ...

The hydrogel behaves like a programmable canvas. Rather than using traditional pigments, researchers embedded data directly ...

With possible applications in information encryption and adaptive camouflage, the material is a programmable hydrogel film, the appearance, texture and mechanical response of whic ...

New fabrication method produces hydrogel-based smart synthetic skin with adjustable optical, mechanical, and surface ...

How do nanostructures keep plastics transparent while improving toughness and light control? PMMA, polycarbonate, COC ...

Last month, Nvidia unveiled its next-generation AI computing platform, Vera Rubin, which features several key networking and ...

An international research team has demonstrated a new approach to 4D-printed shape-morphing implants that opens the door to ...

Metamaterials—materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal microstructure, and not their chemical ...