hypnosec writes “By using liquid metal researchers have created wires that can stretch up to eight times their original length while retaining their conduction properties. Scientists over at North Carolina State University made the stretchable wires by filling in a tube made out of an extremely elastic polymer with gallium and an indium liquid metal alloy.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Researchers Create Ultrastretchable Wires Using Liquid Metal