Researchers created a programmable thermal material that steers heat and retains its state without power, a breakthrough that ...

A new review proposes that crystallographic texture is becoming a design variable in metal additive manufacturing.

Researchers have developed a technique to 3D-print materials with customizable mechanical properties that can also sense how they are moving and interacting with their environment. Their method only ...

This is a summary of a story that originally appeared on the Pratt School of Engineering. Mechanical engineers at Duke University have made a breakthrough in programmable materials that can be ...

A newly developed material can control and "program" heat, allowing it to direct thermal radiation, switch modes, and ...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and their collaborators have created a new class of programmable soft materials that can absorb impacts like never before, while also ...

A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa and its Nexus for Quantum Technologies Institute, in collaboration with ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Imagine a material that doesn’t just respond to one stimulus, like heat or light, but can sense multiple environmental triggers and adjust its behavior accordingly. Picture this ...

Smart materials respond to external stimuli, but usually only in a preprogrammed way. For example, soft matter equipped with responsive components can switch between designed shapes or structures.

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MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, which can sense how they are moving and interacting with the environment. The researchers create ...