Physicists have uncovered the fascinating world of “rotating crystals” — solids made of spinning particles that behave in ...

What if a soft material could move on its own, guided not by electronics or motors, but by the kind of rudimentary chemical ...

It sounds bizarre, but they exist: crystals made of rotating objects. Physicists from Aachen, Düsseldorf, Mainz and Wayne State (Detroit, U.S.) have jointly studied these exotic objects and their ...

Scientists have discovered rotating crystals with odd elasticity that twist, fragment, and self-reassemble, revealing new ...

A new kind of shape-shifting material can twist, bend, and snap into more than a dozen three-dimensional forms—no motors or ...

A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into ...

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Human sperm can swim through surprisingly viscous fluids with ease – and they seemingly defy Newton's third law of motion to ...

Engineers have developed a 'Chinese lantern' structure that can shape-shift into various three-dimensional forms on command.