http://www.caltechnews.com Tue, 22 May 2012 21:10:18 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/morphing_robots_and_shape-shifting_sculptures Researchers have shown how to create morphing robotic mechanisms and shape-shifting sculptures from a single sheet of paper in a method reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding CalTechNews Mon, 21 May 2012 20:33:02 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/one-pound_boat_that_could_float_1,000_pounds Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made from 1 pound of the substance could carry five kitchen ref CalTechNews Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:32:19 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/gecko_feet_inspire_amazing_glue For years, biologists have been amazed by the power of gecko feet, which let these 5-ounce lizards produce an adhesive force roughly equivalent to carrying nine pounds up a wall without slipping CalTechNews Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:56:28 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/scientists_create_first_free-standing_3-d_cloak Researchers in the US have, for the first time, cloaked a three-dimensional object standing in free space, bringing the much-talked-about invisibility cloak one step closer to reality. CalTechNews Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:48:44 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/world_s_lightest_material_created A team of researchers have developed the world's lightest material -- with a density of 0.9 mg/cc -- about one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam™. CalTechNews Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:20:18 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/liquid_can_become_solid_under_electric_field Physicists have demonstrated in simulations that under the influence of sufficiently high electric fields, liquid droplets of certain materials will undergo solidification, forming crystallites at temperature and pressure conditions that correspond to liq CalTechNews Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:53:36 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/engineers_fly_world_s_first_printed_aircraft Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world's first 'printed' aircraft, which could revolutionise the economics of aircraft design CalTechNews Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:01:05 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/self-healing,_self-cooling_metamaterials_ Taking their cue from biological circulatory systems, University of Illinois researchers have developed vascularized structural composites, creating materials that are lightweight and strong with potential for self-healing, self-cooling CalTechNews Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:54:49 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/researchers_build_an_antenna_for_light University of Toronto researchers have derived inspiration from the photosynthetic apparatus in plants to engineer a new generation of nanomaterials that control and direct the energy absorbed from light CalTechNews Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:53:34 +0100 http://www.caltechnews.com/article/light_propagation_controlled_in_photonic_chips Controling light flow can enable self-focusing light beams, highly directive antennas, and even potentially to cloaking or hiding objects. CalTechNews Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:52:31 +0100