Researchers have unveiled a newly designed smart heating fabric that can heat up to 54 degrees warmer using only sunlight.

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Understanding smart materials is vital for advancing adaptable technologies, forming the foundation for breakthroughs in robotics, automation, and biomedical devices. This area of study explores the ...

Smart materials are a family of materials that can actively respond to physical, chemical or biological stimuli. They can achieve complex deformations in a controllable and reversibly way by ...

Scientists develop a highly efficient material that transforms light and moisture into precise mechanical movements and ...

"We're often dealing with very precious materials and lengthy tests. You can't try something out quickly. Especially when it comes to the optimization of smart polymers, a calculation model will ...

Ferroelectric materials are unique in their ability to "remember" their new state after the electric field is removed, which makes them useful in applications including solar cell technology and ...

NARRATOR:'But one of their current projects, involving smart materials as used in stealth technology by the military, is now being used in the production of wind turbines. NARRATOR:'By 2020 ...

With extraordinary access to the latest research and development, the show explores cutting edge smart materials finding out how they are made, how they work and what their potential applications are ...