Abstract: Pneumatic soft actuators with arrayed chambers (PSAC) can reproduce complex and various shapes such as tongues. This study presents a design method for an internal pressure pattern for the ...

Synchronicities don’t begin with events. They begin with attention. The brain constantly filters information, highlighting what feels relevant and discarding the rest. When timing and emotion align, ...

What started as a term to describe the pandemic recovery has become a catchall in these anxious economic times. By Lora Kelley Holiday spending this year is expected to surpass $1 trillion for the ...

UNITED STATES - This winter began with an unexpected push of moisture from the Southeast into the mid-Atlantic—a setup that led to two snow events in Virginia and North Carolina before December ...

To understand how Americans are faring economically these days, it's helpful to consider the eleventh letter of the alphabet. Experts describe the current U.S. economy as "K-shaped," a reference to ...

Every year Halloween enthusiasts adorn their homes with synthetic cobwebs. But humans aren’t the only creatures who decorate their abodes. Spiders bedeck their webs with “stabilimenta”—various woven ...

Researchers developed a method to pattern gold nanoparticles with atomic precision, creating patchy particles with new shapes and functions for advanced technologies. (Nanowerk News) Inspired by an ...

With atomic stenciling, researchers have made a variety of patterned patchy nanoparticles with new shapes and properties. Illustration by Maayan Harel. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Inspired by an artist’s ...

The Sleep Sprinter, the 3 a.m. Doomscroller, the Human Snooze Button — we’re all familiar with these archetypes of sleep deprivation. You probably already know that inadequate sleep can raise your ...

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...

Susan Withnell is an artist living in Westminster. Withnell could not draw or paint, so she thought she was not artistic. She started quilting in her 30s and realized that she had a good eye for color ...