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N.C. State: 'Chinese Lantern' Structure Shifts Into More Than a Dozen Shapes for Various Applications
October 10, 2025
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 10 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:

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'Chinese Lantern' Structure Shifts Into More Than a Dozen Shapes for Various Applications

Researchers have created a polymer "Chinese lantern" that can snap into more than a dozen curved, three-dimensional shapes by compressing or twisting the original structure. This rapid shape-shifting behavior can be controlled remote . . .

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