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  • Corkscrew Robot
    Researchers designed a tiny corkscrew tail for this robot.
  • Slow Goldfish
    Seeing the goldfish in glycerin shows how water feels to a tiny robot.
  • Shape Memory Alloys
    These metals "remember" their original shape and revert to it when heated.
  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
    Neuroscientists are beginning to understand what happens when a person receives a concussi
  • Life-Saving Non-Newtonian Fluids
    These materials are used in shock absorbers and to make buildings earthquake resistant.
  • Silicon Transistors
    Silicon is a semiconductor, and makes an excellent transistor in a computer chip.
  • Graphene
    A sheet of graphene one atom thick still conducts electricity.
  • Magnetic Oobleck
    This fluid becomes more like a solid when a magnetic field is applied.
  • Pizza Transistor
    Researchers are using nano-wires to cram more transitors into a computer chip.
  • Solar Leaves
    These solar "leaves" can produce more electricity than traditional solar panels.
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