Developed in Japan, the ultrafine "soft yarn" actuator fibers are capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex three-dimensional movements when electricity is applied.

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Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules ...

Researchers at Tohoku University, working with international collaborators in France, have developed an ultrafine "soft yarn" actuator fiber capable of bending, contracting, and producing complex ...

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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing plans to start making more-advanced chips in Japan, a move that would be a major boost to the country’s efforts to secure cutting-edge technology needed for ...

Candy is one of the foods that made Milwaukee famous. Today Milwaukee may be known for its cheese curds and custard, but more than a century ago, it was candy. The mass market for chocolate ...

Two companies, same industry, similar margins, comparable market share. One lets teams choose when and where they do their best work. The other polices desks and badge-swipes. Five years later, we see ...

Illinois is a top agricultural state, generating billions of dollars annually, but even where stalks of corn and acres of soybean vastly outnumber its 400,000 head of cattle, cows raised for beef and ...

President Donald Trump’s newly appointed Greenland special envoy, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry said he would work to “make Greenland a part of the U.S.,” reviving tensions with Copenhagen over the ...