Biologists are studying the mechanics of snake movement to understand exactly how they can propel themselves forward like a train through a tunnel. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: mechanics
Quantum thermometer or optical refrigerator?
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•In an arranged marriage of optics and mechanics, physicists have created microscopic structural beams that have a variety of powerful uses when light strikes them. …read more Source:: Science
Hey robot, shimmy like a centipede
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•Researchers have used computer simulations and robotics to uncover a surprising insight into the mechanics of locomotion, namely that taming instability — a factor that might be a disadvantage — …read more Source:: Science
Weird quantum effects stretch across hundreds of miles
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•Scientists have discovered strange quantum effects hold, even over hundreds of miles. In longest test of quantum mechanics, researchers find neutrinos, traveling over 450 miles at close to speed of …read more Source:: Science
Light-matter interplay probed: Physicists achieve quantum Hall state with light
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•Harnessing the shared wave nature of light and matter, researchers have used light to explore some of the most intriguing questions in the quantum mechanics of materials. …read more Source:: Science
Supervolcanoes likely triggered externally
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•Supervolcanoes, massive eruptions with potential global consequences, appear not to follow the conventional volcano mechanics of internal pressure building until the volcano blows. Instead, a new study finds, such massive …read more Source:: Science
Uniting classical and quantum mechanics: Breakthrough observation of Mott transition in a superconductor
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•Researchers have announced the observation of a dynamic Mott transition in a superconductor. The discovery experimentally connects the worlds of classical and quantum mechanics and illuminates the mysterious nature of …read more Source:: Science
Untangling the mechanics of knots
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•Researchers have analyzed the mechanical forces underpinning simple knots, and come up with a theory that describes how a knot’s topology determines its mechanical forces. …read more Source:: Science
The springy mechanics of large and small gecko toe pad adhesion
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•Functional morphologists and polymer scientists show that geckos have a spring-like mechanism in their bodies to enhance adhesion as they become larger. A few years ago the same authors invented …read more Source:: Science
Translating thought to print: Exploring mechanics of silk to design materials with high strength and low density.
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•Researchers explore the mechanics of silk to design materials. Coupling multiscale modeling with emerging microscale 3D-printing techniques, the team enabled a pathway to directly fabricate and test synthetic web structures …read more Source:: Science