A research team has developed soft composite systems with highly programmable, asymmetric mechanical responses. By ...

Say we consider a beam made up of thin layers (laminae) aligned with the longitudinal axis of the beam, and for which the laminae can slide with respect to each other along the longitudinal axis as ...

Can you imagine sound travels in the same way as light does? A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) discovered a new type of sound wave: the airborne sound wave vibrates transversely ...

Thermoelectrics — materials that convert heat to electrical energy and vice-versa — currently find everyday use in portable refrigerators and waste heat electrical generators. However, devices made of ...