Foldable wings have played an obscure part in aviation since its earliest days when the Wright brothers used pulleys and levers to twist the trailing edges of wings. However, as planes got more ...

A team of Swedish researchers has created a flexible, stretchable battery that can be shaped like toothpaste and embedded in ...

Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could ...

NIST researchers have found that non-repeating quasicrystals create defects in 3D printed aluminum that strengthen the metal.

Engineers at Saarland University recently used lightweight, shape-memory materials to create a non-pneumatic robotic gripper.

Using heat-activated nitinol metal, researchers have devised a reversible, shape-shifting, conical spiral antenna that needs ...

Nanoval and Ingpuls have entered into strategic cooperation to produce nickel-titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys.

Shape Memory Alloys in Flight: NASA’s Vision for Smarter, Quieter Aircraft Posted: April 1, 2025 | Last updated: April 1, 2025 Foldable wings have played an obscure part in aviation since its ...

Nitinol is a nearly equiatomic metal alloy of nickel and titanium with unique properties, including superelasticity (also called pseudoelasticity) and shape memory ...

A team of Chinese scientists has developed a miniature 2.7-kilogram deep-sea robot to explore the deepest natural frontier on Earth — the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, according to a ...

A team of researchers has developed a groundbreaking high-temperature copper alloy with exceptional thermal stability and mechanical strength. The research team's findings on the new copper alloy ...