Pull and stretch: the mechanics of knitted fabrics
This month’s cover feature is by Samuel Poincloux, who’s been studying the physics of knitted fabrics. There’s also an article by Nicola Townsend and Iddo Amit from Durham University about the challenges of using 2D semiconductors to create wearable electronic devices, while Stephen Ornes looks at the discoveries that the technique of “hyperspectral imaging” has made to artworks such as Pablo Picasso’s Mother and Child by the Sea. Lateral Thoughts, meanwhile, has Sebastian Wood looking at the physics of turning water into wine.
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