A team of researchers at New York University (NYU) Abu Dhabi discovered a new ...

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A research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in smart materials, successfully developing soft magnetorheological textiles that can flexibly ...

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