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![a smartphone displays the wi-fi symbol on its screen](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/edge-caching-HEADER-1500.jpg)
How a ‘Digital Twin’ Can Make Wireless Networks Faster, More Reliable
![image on left is labeled 'expanded' and shows 3D grid of pink polymer; image on left is labeled 'contracted' and shows a much smaller grid of the pink polymer, with much smaller gaps between the polymer strands](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Tracy-Hydrogels-2024-HEADER.jpg)
3D Printing of Light-Activated Hydrogel Actuators
![An image of a piece of advanced technology that looks like a brain.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AI-BRAIN_AdobeStock_659545582.jpeg)
AI Powers Interdisciplinary Innovation
![wet spots show up as dark stains on the concrete next to a swimming pool](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/dark-when-wet-HEADER.jpg)
Why Do Things Look Darker When They’re Wet?
![Left: person wearing the fluid motor attached to artificial muscles. Center: artificial muscle lifts suitcase off the ground. Right: robotic leg attached to artificial muscle flexes its ankle.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Su-tetherless-robot-2024-HEADER-scaled.jpg)
Portable Engine Can Power Artificial Muscles in Assistive Devices
![image shows three different configurations of 3-D cubes](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Yin-mechanical-computer-HEADER.jpg)
Mechanical Computer Relies On Kirigami Cubes, Not Electronics
![multicolored code streams across a computer monitor](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Assuncao-NFR-HEADER.jpg)
Six NFR Strategies to Improve Software Performance and Security
![gloved hands are stretching a thin sheet of clear material over a nail; the material is stretching over the sharp nail without breaking](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Glassy-Gel-1500.jpg)
Researchers Create New Class of Materials Called ‘Glassy Gels’
![time-lapse photograph shows blurred images of car lights moving in two different directions](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Tianfu-Wu-MvACon-HEADER.jpg)
New Technique Improves AI Ability to Map 3D Space With 2D Cameras
![a man runs across a green lawn wearing a robotic exoskeleton that attaches to his waist, hips and knees](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Hao-Su-exoskeleton-HEADER.jpg)
AI-Powered Simulation Training Improves Human Performance in Robotic Exoskeletons
![time lapsed photo shows a soft robot tendril lowering, wrapping around a tube, and lifting it into the air](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Yin-mini-actuator-HEADER-1500.jpg)
3D-Printed Mini-Actuators Can Move Small Soft Robots, Lock Them Into New Shapes
![diagram shows infrared light passing through an oxide membrane](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Liu-Phonon-HEADER-1500.jpg)
Researchers Demonstrate New Way to ‘Squeeze’ Infrared Light
![photo of an industrial landscape with large smokestacks billowing white clouds](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Garcia-Menendez-2024-HEADER.jpg)
Climate Change Will Make Air Pollution Worse. Here’s How.
![A food scientist hydrates a protein for use in a food formulation.](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mksustainableprotein1500.jpg)
Bezos Earth Fund Grant Creates Sustainable Protein Research Hub at NC State
![image shows an orderly array of blue cubes, with a network of silver spheres descending from it](https://news.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Jun-Liu-HOIP-HEADER.jpg)