"If you blend a computer, you'd end up with tiny bits of computer.... But, lo and behold, the cytoplasm reorganizes."

A new method for 4D printing, which makes objects that can change shapes based on the environment, could be useful in electronics, smart fabrics, and more.

"In a single day, on a regular computer, we were able to study more different kinds of particles than have been reported in the last decade."

A new origami that morphs from one pattern to another could improve acoustics in concert halls and crash protection systems for flying drones.

A new kind of hydrogel material can react dynamically to its environment—bending, twisting and self-adhering on demand.

Electrically charged crinkles in the graphene surface are responsible for a strange phenomenon.

A new rubbery, shape-shifting material goes from one sophisticated form to another on demand.