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  • RETSCH GmbH
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    With more than 100 years of experience in sample preparation, RETSCH is the world’s leading manufacturer of instruments for homogenizing laboratory samples for analysis as well as for analyzing...
  • IDTechEX Ltd
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    Since 1999 IDTechEx has provided independent market research, business intelligence and events on emerging technology to clients in over 80 countries. Our clients use our insights to help make...
  • Using Soft Robotics to Perform Sutures
    News - 24 Nov 2021
    Wound closure is a technique for speeding up the repair of faulty tissue at a surgical site. Surgery sutures with new soft artificial muscles are beneficial for medical procedures because they help...
  • Scientists Create Transparent, Self-Healing, Highly Stretchable Conductive Material
    News - 26 Dec 2016
    Scientists, including several from the University of California, Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to...
  • Developing Elastomers That Respond to Lower Electrical Charges
    News - 13 Apr 2023
    Muscles in the body expand and contract effortlessly when wriggling toes or lifting groceries. Some polymers can act as artificial muscles when activated by dangerously high voltages. Just...
  • ElectroActive Polymers - EAPs
    Article - 17 Sep 2001
    Electroactive polymers (EAPs) are those, which respond to external electrical stimulation by displaying a significant shape or size displacement. They have shown promise to mimic the movements of...
  • Real-World Applications of Soft Actuators Considered
    News - 19 Nov 2021
    Soft actuators have become a particular focus in the field of robotics. To investigate and consider the current state of the field of soft actuators, a review has been published in Nature Reviews...
  • X-ray Powder Diffraction Reveals Structural Details of Jumping Crystals
    News - 9 Jan 2015
    An international group of researchers has identified the force that makes certain crystals leap, while others break into many smaller crystals. The research team included scientists from Abu Dhabi,...
  • Robotic Textiles in Action: OmniFiber
    Article - 27 Oct 2021
    AZoM speaks with Ozgun Kilic Afsar, a Ph.D. candidate at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a Research Affiliate at MIT Media Lab. Ozgun is currently working on a robotic undergarment, OmniFiber.
  • Mechanical Forces Critical When Making Baby Hearts
    News - 19 Feb 2014
    To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump. "We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts," said Mary...

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