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Further, because the adhesive patch design is inspired by nature as well as kirigami, which is a variation of origami, adhesion can be adjusted as necessary. "Existing skin adhesion technologies in ...
Origami and kirigami have inspired a multidisciplinary team of engineers and architects to apply these ancient paper-folding art techniques to geometric principles and thereby create living ...
Researchers have developed synthetic genes that function like the genes in living cells. The artificial genes can build intracellular structures through a cascading sequence that builds self ...