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Mechanical engineering
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Fast ground-to-air transition with avian-inspired multifunctional legs
Abourachid, A. & Höfling, E. The legs: a key to bird evolutionary success. J. Ornithol. 153, 193–198 (2012).…
Task-agnostic exoskeleton control via biological joint moment estimation
Kim, J. et al. Reducing the metabolic rate of walking and running with a versatile, portable exosuit. Science…
Bioelastic state recovery for haptic sensory substitution
Bolanowski, S. J. et al. Four channels mediate the mechanical aspects of touch. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 84,…
Experiment-free exoskeleton assistance via learning in simulation
Siviy, C. et al. Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance. Nat. Biomed. Eng.…
Arresting failure propagation in buildings through collapse isolation
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Champlain Towers South collapse. NIST https://www.nist.gov/disaster-failure-studies/champlain-towers-south-collapse-ncst-investigation (2022). Jones, M. Nigeria’s Ikoyi…
Self-oscillating polymeric refrigerator with high energy efficiency
Shi, J. et al. Electrocaloric cooling materials and devices for zero-global-warming-potential, high-efficiency refrigeration. Joule 3, 1200–1225 (2019). Article …
Corner- and edge-mode enhancement of near-field radiative heat transfer
Planck, M. The Theory of Heat Radiation (transl. Masius, M.) (P. Blakiston’s Son & Co., 1914). Mulet, J.…
Shell buckling for programmable metafluids
Engheta, N. & Ziolkowski, R. W. Metamaterials: Physics and Engineering Explorations (Wiley, 2006). Craster, R. V. & Guenneau,…
Non-reciprocal topological solitons in active metamaterials
Chernodub, M., Hu, S. & Niemi, A. J. Topological solitons and folded proteins. Phys. Rev. E 82, 011916…
Roll-to-roll, high-resolution 3D printing of shape-specific particles
Particles on the scale of hundreds of micrometres to nanometres are ubiquitous key components in many advanced applications…