Although we have seen "morphing" structural materials before, they typically incorporate solenoids, pumps or motors that add weight and complexity. Now, however, scientists have developed a carbon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is not your average wheelchair. Researchers in South Korea have developed what they claim is a world first: a shapeshifting ...

Plastic surgery can be a daunting process. In addition to risks from anesthesia and botched procedures, patients are taking a major gamble that they will share the same aesthetic ideal with their ...

Morphing aircraft represent a paradigm shift in aerospace design, integrating adaptive structures and advanced control systems to optimise aerodynamic performance across a range of flight conditions.

DAEJEON, South Korea (Reuters) - Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases. Or perhaps an unmanned delivery ...

A whole new concept of aeroplane wing design has been developed by a team from MIT and NASA, which can morph during flight and is covered in a ‘skin’ that somewhat resembles fish scales. The ...

Andres Arrieta handles a sample of the multistable structures that he and his research group at Purdue University are currently experimenting with to develop hypersonic systems that morph in response ...

Quadcopter drones are most stable with their four propellers arranged in a square configuration, with one prop at each corner of the square when viewed from above. Such a setup does make it difficult ...

DAEJEON, South Korea >> Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases. Or perhaps an unmanned delivery vehicle ...