Phase-change actuation has been revived for the era of untethered, electrically driven soft robots. Our team at the ...

and turn the absorbed water into vapor. The latter also helps the water release from the material. The device itself is pretty simple: when the cup's lid is open to the air, the WLG-15 material ...

The 'hyperdominance' by a few species could help researchers understand ... Smart Spongy Device Captures Water from Thin Air May 7, 2025 — Engineers have invented a sponge-like device that ...

Physics is the search for and application of rules that can help us understand and predict the world around us. Central to physics are ideas such as energy, mass, particles and waves. Physics ...

State Key Laboratory of Advanced Fiber Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China ...

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States ...