Learning how to change shape is a fundamental strategy in the adaptation and evolution of living organisms, from cells to tissues and animals. Human-made materials can also exhibit advanced ...
The new metamaterials can learn to take on any shape – here, they have learned the letters that spell ‘learn’, or in Dutch: ‘leren’. In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam ...
When you exercise, your muscles become stronger. When you sow a plant, its stem will bend so that its leaves get more sunlight. Both these changes are examples of adaptation — when a biological ...