Researchers Made a Material That's 90 Percent Water but Behaves like a Robot

Engineering News

Dec 18, 2020

In the Media

Inflation Reduction Act: Sourcing Materials and Making Batteries Are Challenging

Professor Jennifer Dunn writes that the new legislation lays out some tough — and dramatic — challenges for EV batteries, but encourages the engineering community to rise to the occasion.

The Hill

Controlling the Shape of Chiral Molecules

The work from Michael Bedzyk and Monica Olvera de la Cruz analyzed how to organize the molecules into bigger units and has implications in drug delivery and nanoelectronics.

New $26M Center Will Assert American Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing

The center will develop new manufacturing technology for agile, high-performance components.

Exploring STEAM at Northwestern CS Summer Camp

Northwestern CS partnered with the DuPage County NAACP Education Committee and the Center for Success to host a week-long summer camp in July.

Mobile Cobots Offer Glimpse of Future of Human-Robot Interaction

Researchers in the Center for Robotics and Biosystems have designed team-based mobile cobots that could welcome a new era of human-robot interaction in construction zones, manufacturing plants, and even on Mars.

Researchers Made a Material That's 90 Percent Water but Behaves like a Robot

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