Writing in Smart Materials and Structures, Yonas Tadesse said the jellyfish's simple swimming action made it an ideal model for a vehicle.

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Where once a few strong columns could hold up the weight of the world, today we need a dynamic mix of materials and structures.

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The company provides systems for testing and examining the mechanical behavior of materials, products and structures, as well as instrumentation for factory automation.

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They are helping to develop new blast-resistant materials for structures and for body armor.

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Building collapses are common in India as builders cut corners by using substandard materials, and as multistory structures are built with inadequate supervision.

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These flexible, lightweight materials can be used as tents and similar structures that provide shelter and convert sunlight into electricity.

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By embedding energy-storage materials into existing structures, this sheet technology would allow for ubiquitous storage and delivery of electric power and potential integration of clean energy into nearly every corner of our daily lives.

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Residents pay rent, most houses have kitchens and electricity, and building materials range from flimsy corrugated-iron shacks to permanent, multistorey concrete structures.

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The materials Dr Brooks and his colleagues are planning to use in their experiment have more complex molecular structures than graphite, but they work in essentially the same way to create restrictions on where electrons can go.

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