The molds and plate were removed after three hours of curing, and the team applied silicon adhesive to bond the rigid ...

“The periodic region plays a crucial role in selectively filtering out high-frequency shear waves, which are particularly ...

Insights from probing the shock-absorbing layer within the crustacean’s club-like claw could inspire the design of tough new ...

The mantis shrimp's muscles pull on the saddle-shaped ... The team demonstrates the operation of a robotic arm without HeTRM and one with HeTRM, each of which was made using a combination of ...

Known for their powerful punch, mantis shrimp can smash a shell with the force of a .22 caliber bullet. Yet, amazingly, these ...

Mantis shrimp are among the ocean’s most formidable predators, delivering one of the most powerful and fastest punches in the ...

"The mantis shrimp is known for its incredibly ... stress waves to prevent damaging vibrations from traveling to the shrimp's arm and body. "The periodic region plays a crucial role in selectively ...

The punch of the mantis shrimp has been studied in detail. As it moves through the water at high speed, it produces what is known as a cavitation bubble. As water is pushed aside at high speed, its ...

Researchers have discovered the shrimp’s clubs feature a protective pattern that controls how stress waves travel through its ...

A mantis shrimp's punch creates high-energy waves. Its exoskeleton is designed to absorb that energy, preventing cracking and tissue damage.

Device can grab like a hand, crawl across the floor, or jump high, just by pulling on a simple muscle. I'd never thought of these capabilities as being the result of the same properties -- but now ...