Researchers have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials. Known as SRAS, the technology works by measuring the speed of sound across the material's ...

Researchers have created a range of soft, elastic gels that change color when exposed to ultraviolet (UV) light -- and change back when the UV light is removed or the material is heated up.

Gold does not readily lend itself to being turned into long, thin threads. But researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have now managed to create gold nanowires and develop soft electrodes that ...

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Composite materials, engineered by combining two or more distinct substances, have attracted sustained research interest due to their tailored mechanical properties. The study of elasticity in these ...

Elasticity imaging and material property characterisation represent a rapidly evolving field that bridges computational mechanics and experimental measurement techniques to non‐invasively deduce the ...

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(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the University of Nottingham have devised a revolutionary new technique for measuring the microscopic elasticity of materials for the first time. Known as SRAS, the ...