Researchers have developed a soft robot that can navigate 3D underwater paths using light-triggered fluid dynamics. Composed of polymers powered by ambient fluid, the design widens the pool of material selection for soft robots. @sjtu1896@XiaoshiQ https://t.co/LoIOsK76pm
An Editors' Pick via #OPG_OMEx: High-performance photodetection based on black arsenic utilizing the photoconductive effect https://t.co/vEyJ7G1Hlb #2DMaterials#Photodetectors
Three scientist mothers call for a change in how conference childcare costs are reimbursed, drawing on their personal experiences https://t.co/QQBhFVDGSi
@philipcball Entropy.
Clausius discovered entropy in a specific context: temperature and energy.
But entropy is an idea independent of both.
Teaching thermodynamics by following Clausius, as many still do, confuses students.
As the world boils, can we stay cool? I covered this plastic film that flexes in an electric field, efficiently carrying heat from one surface to the next. First use is in computer chips, but they can make much bigger films. Will it be used in fridges?
https://t.co/OzW9tP3l89
Using an electrical field to drive heat into and out of a chemically modified soft film material, researchers have developed the most efficient refrigeration system of its kind.
https://t.co/9Avy4dVDWT
Scientists are one step closer to making the sci-fi vision of teeny robots swimming through our blood vessels a reality. That story and more of the best in @ScienceMagazine and science in today's #ScienceAdviser: https://t.co/q3m5MePVn2
📢The latest issue of FIE is out now!
🔎The cover goes to Xiaoshi QIAN and team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University who review the recent developments of polymeric nanocomposites for electrocaloric refrigeration
🔗https://t.co/HRCvycDdoH
Check my group's recent work on the colossal electrocaloric effect.
Colossal electrocaloric effect in an interface-augmented ferroelectric polymer | Science https://t.co/zeG3tUSZst
Xiaoshi Qian and colleagues designed a molecular interface-regulated nanocomposite with large #electrocaloric#cooling effect and high thermal conductivity. @XiaoshiQ@sjtu1896#Energy Read more in @Joule_CP
https://t.co/c1Oh6MAIcK