Mechanical

Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour

• Abstract Biological machines use targeted deformations that can be actuated by Brownian fluctuations • However, although synthetic micromachines can similarly make use of targete

New study highlights significant costs in large-scale mechanical thinning of forests

• There is a long history of the mechanical thinning of forests in standard forestry operations • Thinning typically involves removing some 30-50% of the standing volume of trees w

Plastometrex launches MultiScale capability for thin-wall and high-resolution mechanical property mapping

• Cambridge-based materials testing companyPlastometrexhas introduced a new MultiScale capability for itsPLX-Benchtopsystem, allowing high-resolution mapping of mechanical properti