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valves
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These include not releasing until the pressure isn’t a problem and easy-release steam valves.—
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Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026 -
The technology could enable the creation of reconfigurable grippers for delicate multi-object manipulation and temperature-tunable valves for fluid control.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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“Stopcocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopcocks. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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