Graphic showing polymer
Ning Zhang / MIT
innovation

Material generates power from water vapor

wire
via YouTube
innovation

Liquid-metal wire stretches eight times its original length

Hydrogel seen under electron microscope
Luo Lab / Cornell University
innovation

Hydrogel remembers its shape -- just add water

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Image of a hagfish
Paddy Ryan / ryanphotographic.com
innovation

Fine clothes could be made from slimy hagfish threads

self-healing skin sliced
Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service
innovation

Self-healing synthetic skin has a sense of touch

Graphical representation of electrons.
Yihua Wang / Nuh Gedik / MIT
innovation

3-D ‘movie’ made of electrons moving at nearly light speed 

Image of circuit
Wang et al. / MIT
innovation

New material could lead to thin, flexible, wall-sized TVs

Image of Aerographite
TUHH
innovation

Meet Aerographite, the world’s newest lightweight champ

Image of helicopter with bullet hole
AP
innovation

Army wants rapid development of lighter, stronger armor

Image of Felix Baumgartner
Red Bull Content Pool
innovation

120,000-foot free fall to put spacesuit to test

Image: Image of a collapsed buckliball
Jongmin Shim, Katia Bertoldi, and Pedro Reis
innovation

'Twist-O' toy inspires collapsible 'buckliball'

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