University of Illinois researchers can now explain the physical mechanisms behind click beetles’ clicking maneuver. Belonging to the Elateroidea family, a click beetle (or snapping beetle) is ...

The exploration of superhard materials has seen significant advances through the integration of experimental techniques and first-principles calculations. Such computational methods, based on quantum ...

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