Press
Media coverage and features of our research, from press articles and journal highlights to videos and interviews, spanning the group's work over the years.
A More Flexible Future
UH Magazine, 2025.09
MAE's Chen Softens The Hard Sciences With New Research On Knitting
UH News, 2025.04
Research By ME's Tian Chen Picked For Journal Cover
UH News, 2024.01
Self-assembling material pops into 3D (8.9M views)
Steve Mould, 2023.10
Video Featuring Research Of ME's Chen Surpasses 1M Views
UH News, 2023.10
The Geometry of Basket Weaving
Physics Magazine, 2021.08
Weaving smooth 3D shapes with curved ribbons
Nature Reviews Physics, 2021.08
Modeling the friction between pages in a book
EPFL, 2021.06
Boffins' 3cm 'm-bit' cubes demonstrate programmable wunderstuff
The Register, 2021.01
Mechanical memory written and read remotely
Nature News & Views, 2021.01
New metamaterial offers reprogrammable properties
EPFL, 2021.01
Auf Knopfdruck wird Weiches fest und Festes weich
NZZ, 2021.01
This solar array expands itself at the right temperature
TechCrunch, 2019.07
Focus: Folded Solar Panel Opens Without Power Source
Physics Magazine, 2019.06
Researchers developing self-powered robots
CBS News, 2018.10
Swimming without an engine
ETH Zurich, 2018.06
No Motor, No Battery, No Problem
Caltech, 2018.05
3D printing unlimited: From tooth enamel to 4D printing
ETH Globe, 2017.12
4D Printing of Programmable Shape-Changing Structures
Phys.org, 2017.11
Rethinking Intelligence
ETH Zurich, 2017.11
Fabrication technology in the fourth dimension
ETH Zurich, 2017.05