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Origami-inspired mechanisms can transform flat sheets into functional three-dimensional dynamic structures that are lightweight, compact, and capable of complex motion. These properties make origami increasingly valuable in robotic and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Tianhui Han , Shashwat Singh , Sarvesh Patil , Zeynep Temel

A central challenge for many quantum technologies concerns the generation of large entangled states of individually addressable quantum memories. Here, we show that percolation theory allows the rapid production of arbitrarily large graph…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Hyeongrak Choi , Mihir Pant , Saikat Guha , Dirk Englund

Origami, the traditional art of paper folding, has revolutionized science and technology in recent years and has been found useful in various real-world applications. In particular, origami-inspired structures have been utilized for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-19 Rongxuan Li , Gary P. T. Choi

World models enable agents to plan within imagined environments by predicting future states conditioned on past observations and actions. However, their ability to plan over long horizons is limited by the effective memory span of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Eli J. Laird , Corey Clark

An active method for long time storage of quantum superposition state in atomic system using the Oscillating Dark States (ODS) is presented. Quantum state of a three-level $\Lambda$ configuration atomic system oscillates periodically…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-09-29 Jun He , Yong-Sheng Zhang , Xiang-Fa Zhou , Qun-Feng Chen , Guang-Can Guo

Ordered mechanical systems typically have one or only a few stable rest configurations, and hence are not considered useful for encoding memory. Multistable and history-dependent responses usually emerge from quenched disorder, for example…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-05-22 Chaviva Sirote-Katz , Dor Shohat , Carl Merrigan , Yoav Lahini , Cristiano Nisoli , Yair Shokef

Lattices and their underlying symmetries play a central role in determining the physical properties and applications of many natural and engineered materials. By bridging the lattice geometry and rigid-folding kinematics, this study…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-09-18 Hongbin Fang , Suyi Li , Manoj Thota , Kon-Well Wang

Memory effects in amorphous materials have been widely studied because of their possible widespread future applications. We show here that ultrastable glasses can exhibit a transient reversible memory effect when subjected to both a local…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-15 Rashmi Priya , Smarajit Karmakar

We investigated the properties of mixed states in a sparsely encoded associative memory model with a structural learning method. When mixed states are made of s memory patterns, s types of mixed states, which become equilibrium states of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Tomoyuki Kimoto , Masato Okada

Memories are stored, retained, and recollected through complex, coupled processes operating on multiple timescales. To understand the computational principles behind these intricate networks of interactions we construct a broad class of…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-07-29 Marcus K. Benna , Stefano Fusi

Recently there have been extensive theoretical, numerical and experimental works on curved-fold origami. However, we notice that a unified and complete geometric framework for describing the geometry and mechanics of curved-fold origami,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-12 Zhixuan Wen , Tian Yu , Fan Feng

Kirigami tessellations, regular planar patterns formed by cutting flat, thin sheets, have attracted recent scientific interest for their rich geometries, surprising material properties and promise for technologies. Here we pose and solve…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-02-10 Gary P. T. Choi , Levi H. Dudte , L. Mahadevan

We investigate the effect of memory on a chaotic system experimentally and theoretically. For this purpose, we use Chua's oscillator as an electrical model system showing chaotic dynamics extended by a memory element in form of a…

Origami-inspired self-deployable structures offer lightweight, compact, and autonomous deployment capabilities, making them highly attractive for aerospace and defence applications, such as solar panels, antennas, and reflector systems.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-10-10 Suraj Singh Gehlot , Siddhanth Gautam , Sanhita Das

Lengthening a computer memory's lifespan is important for e-waste and sustainability. Uneven wear of memory is a major barrier. The problem is becoming even more urgent as emerging memory such as phase-change memory is subject to even…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Elizabeth Shen , Huiyang Zhou

Many of the patterns seen in Origami are currently being explored as a platform for building functional engineering systems with versatile characteristics that cater to niche applications in various technological fields. One such pattern is…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Ravindra Masana , Mohammed F. Daqaq

The discovery that memory of particle configurations and plastic events can be stored in amorphous solids subject to oscillatory shear has spurred research into methods for storing and retrieving information from these materials. However,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-11-03 Debjyoti Majumdar , Ido Regev

Many recent experiments probed the off equilibrium dynamics of spin glasses and other glassy systems through temperature cycling protocols and observed memory and rejuvenation phenomena. Here we show through numerical simulations, using…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-09-29 Florent Krzakala , Federico Ricci-Tersenghi

In recent years, significant effort has been devoted to developing smart materials whose mechanical properties can adapt under physical stimuli. Particulate colloidal gels, which behave as solids but can also flow under stress, have emerged…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-19 Julien Bauland , Thomas Gibaud

Origami has recently emerged as a platform for building functional engineering systems with versatile characteristics that targeted niche applications. One widely utilized origami-based structure is known as the Kresling origami spring…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-04-07 Shadi Khazaaleh , Ravindra Masana , Mohammed F. Daqaq