A flat strand morphs into a 3D corkscrew shape. Morphing Matter Lab/CMU Design, experiment, and simulation of different morphing pasta shapes before and after cooking.

b, Wakefield et al. 3 showed that flat bands also arise in a 3D solid containing a structure known as a pyrochlore lattice, raising hopes of finding more 3D flat-band materials.

That’s so old school! Today, scientists will describe how flat wooden shapes extruded by a 3D printer can be programmed to self-morph into complex 3D shapes. In the future, this technique could be ...