{"id":246326,"date":"2026-11-01T18:07:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/cracks-that-carry-current-virginia-tech-researchers-unlock-the-secrets-of-liquid-metal-and-electricity"},"modified":"2026-11-01T18:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:07:34","slug":"cracks-that-carry-current-virginia-tech-researchers-unlock-the-secrets-of-liquid-metal-and-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/cracks-that-carry-current-virginia-tech-researchers-unlock-the-secrets-of-liquid-metal-and-electricity","title":{"rendered":"Cracks that carry current: Virginia Tech researchers unlock the secrets of liquid metal and electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe title=\"Cracks that carry current: Virginia Tech researchers unlock the secrets of liquid metal and electricity\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v_O2-4GgOCo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In a new study, mechanical engineering researchers reveal how microscopic cracks can turn an insulating material into an electrical conductor, perfect for electronics that need to stretch, bend, and flex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study, mechanical engineering researchers reveal how microscopic cracks can turn an insulating material into an electrical conductor, perfect for electronics that need to stretch, bend, and flex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,1635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-materials"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}