10+ hour, 36+ min ago  (667+ words) image: Raudel Avila, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice. view more A team of engineers at Rice University and Kyung Hee University has developed a soft, shape-shifting mechanical surface that can respond to touch, sense its own movements and…...

15+ hour, 17+ min ago  (184+ words) Eurek Alert! Papyrus-inspired biomimetic lattice designs for enhanced mechanical performance Credit: HIGHER EDUCATION PRESS Conventional lattice metamaterials have long been limited by severe stress concentration at nodal junctions, leading to premature failure. Drawing inspiration from papyrus culms'which exhibit a distinctive…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (53+ words) Eurek Alert! The Blueye robot created this 3 D image of the docking station at a depth of 90 metres. Use only in association with articles about this research and with proper credit. Leonard Florian Tom G'nzel More on this News Release…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (77+ words) Credit: " Paul Scherrer Institute PSI/Mahir Dzambegovic Familiar colour markers of histology Lung tissue test provides proof of concept More than 150 years after the advent of Virchow's cellular pathology, histology might again be on the verge of a fundamental transformation....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (846+ words) Eurek Alert! Credit: Zhixian Chen, Tsinghua University. Untethered magnetic actuators hold great promise for minimally invasive medicine, with potential applications in targeted drug delivery, remote surgery, and in vivo diagnostics. However, enabling these miniature robots to operate effectively in complex…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (582+ words) Eurek Alert! A cryogenic 3 D printed Al2 O3 ceramic with the hierarchically porous structure, which hierarchical pores include the interconnected macro-, micro-, and nanoscale pores. Engineers have been forced into a rigid compromise: build advanced structures with heavy metals that dent under…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (413+ words) image: ORNL's Steven Guzorek demonstrates the lab's hybrid 3 D printing method, which deposits an integration layer and composite material directly onto flexible nylon fabric, creating a mold-free, flat-to-foldable structure that reduces production costs and increases design flexibility. view more Credit:…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago  (65+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! SEFSD fabrication process for 5183 aluminum alloy components. Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. More on this News Release Game-changing…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (512+ words) Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University have successfully utilized a novel screw extrusion-plasticizing friction stir deposition (SEFSD) process to 3 D print 5183 aluminum alloy components in the solid state. This innovative approach bypasses the melting phase, significantly reducing common defects like…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (179+ words) Hf O-Si BOC ceramics feature a self-protective multilayer structure based on the Ellingham diagram, a polymer network with molecular-level-dispersed hafnium, and low-density characteristics, enabling excellent high-temperature ablation resistance. Compared with conventional ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs), the obtained Hf O-Si BOC…...