Smart materials

Innovations Groundbreaking, 3D-printed, artificial muscles bend and twist on demand

Harvard’s new 3D-printed filaments act like artificial muscles, bending, twisting, and gripping through heat-driven shape changes.

Health Reprogrammable artificial muscle can change its shape, recover from damage, and even be reused Rebecca Shavit

Innovations Scientists just built a computer that doesn’t require electricity Rebecca Shavit