NASA’s Glenn Research Center built an airless “superelastic” tire using shape-memory alloys that bend and spring back without ...

Fort Wayne Metals on Thursday announced it is working with NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland to advance shape memory alloy material technology for innovative rover tires that could support the ...

NASA engineers created wheels made from nickel-titanium shape memory alloys that deform under pressure and snap back without ...

Shape memory alloys (SMA) remember their original shape and return to it after being heated. Similar to how a liquid transforms into a gas when boiled, SMAs undergo a phase transformation when heated ...

These airless Metl tires are made from nitinol, a shape-memory alloy that ‘stretches like rubber but is strong like titanium.’ Warning: Kickstarter. These airless Metl tires are made from nitinol, a ...

It's been decades since humanity's first wheeled vehicle landed on the surface of another world, and you would have thought we've gotten the proper hang of how to design such things and their ...

A study led by Tohoku University, Iwate University, The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), National Astronomical Observation of Japan, Tokyo City University, and Kyoto University developed a ...