Learn about properties of 3D shapes with this BBC Bitesize Maths article. For students between the ages of 11 and 14.

Plants don't just grow, they build. From towering trees to delicate flowers, complex plant shapes are sculpted with ...

A class of synthetic soft materials called liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) can change shape in response to heat, similar to how muscles contract and relax in response to signals from the nervous ...

D-Shape 3D printer can print full-sized houses By Jan Belezina February 24, 2012 Enrico Dini of Monolite UK with Radiolaria - the biggest structure ever built by the D-Shape 3D printer View 8 Images ...

A team of engineers has developed a series of 3D printed metamaterials with unique microwave or optical properties that go beyond what is possible using conventional optical or electronic ...

Liquid crystal elastomers exhibit their best shape-morphing and mechanical properties when individual chains composed of liquid crystalline parts are aligned with each other.

Photographs of 3D-printed shapes show soft cells derived from space filling polyhedra. Blue is derived from a truncated octahedron, pink is from a hexagonal prism and green is from a cube.

New metamaterial morphs into new shapes, taking on new properties But it's the defects that really make them interesting Date: September 11, 2019 Source: California Institute of Technology Summary ...

CRG has unveiled a new shape memory 3D printing filament called Essemplex that has been designed to provide users with a 3D printing filament that combines the benefits of shape memory properties ...

Understand what the properties of 3D shapes are and learn what vertices, faces and edges are with this BBC Bitesize maths guide.