Researchers create powerful muscles from fishing line and sewing
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Artificial muscles crafted from fishing lines and sewing threads
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Research shows that doing the twist is hot, unwinding is cool
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Thermoresponsive hydrogel artificial muscles - ScienceDirect
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Hierarchical fibrous structures for muscle‐inspired soft‐actuators: A review - ScienceDirect
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Coiled polymer fibers for artificial muscle and more applications - ScienceDirect
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Artificial Muscles Made With Fishing Line Can Lift 100 Times More Weight Than Human Muscles [VIDEO]
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Artificial muscles created from fishing line, sewing thread - CBS News
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High-Performance Fasciated Yarn Artificial Muscles Prepared by Hierarchical Structuring and Sheath–Core Coupling for Versatile Textile Actuators
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Scientists put a new twist on artificial muscles
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Coiled polymer muscle threads and textiles. (A) A spool of 320 denier
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Artificial Muscle from Fishing Line