Mechanical on Tenu Tech Brief https://cluster-site.onrender.com/tags/mechanical/ Recent content in Mechanical on Tenu Tech Brief Hugo -- 0.146.0 en-us Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:44:48 +0000 Pivoting colloidal assemblies exhibit mechanical metamaterial behaviour https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/pivoting-colloidal-assemblies-exhibit-mechanical-metamaterial-behaviour/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:32:59 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/new-study-highlights-significant-costs-in-large-scale-mechanical-thinning-of-forests/ Wed, 25 Feb 2026 16:50:01 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/plastometrex-launches-multiscale-capability-for-thin-wall-and-high-resolution-mechanical-property-mapping/ Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:12:53 +0000 https://cluster-site.onrender.com/posts/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