Smart actuating polymers are capable of mechanical reconfiguration by translating the energy contained within a chemical or physical stimulus into macroscopic changes of their shape and/or size 1. In ...

Clean, safe water is a limited resource and access to it depends on local bodies of water. But even dry regions have some water vapor in the air. To harvest small amounts of humidity, researchers ...

High humidity significantly worsens the threat of lethal hyperthermia in small birds during extreme heat events, new research has found. The collaborative study by the University of Cape Town (UCT), ...