Researchers at UMass Amherst discovered a unique fluid that defies typical liquid behavior by remembering its shape after being disturbed. The mixture of oil, water, and magnetized nickel ...

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Adaptive liquid lens: A lens based on a new electrically responsive fluid changes shape, and thus focal length, when a voltage is applied. (Courtesy: Miao Xu, Hefei University of Technology) Materials ...

Well-defined cylindrical and cuboidal silicon micropillar arrays arranged in square, rectangular and hexagonal patterns were fabricated using standard contact photolithography and deep-reactive ion ...

Using electrodes in a fluid form, researchers have developed a battery that can take any shape. This soft and conformable battery can be integrated into future technology in a completely new way.