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Are Shapeshifting 'Soft Machines' in Our Future? LLNL Scientists Advance Light-Responsive Material
February 13, 2024
LIVERMORE, California, Feb. 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news:

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have furthered a new type of soft material that can change shape in response to light, a discovery that could advance "soft machines" for a variety of fields, from robotics to medicine.

The novel material, called a liquid crystal elastomer (LCE), is made by incorp . . .

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