Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

Piezofluorochromism, the phenomenon of materials reversibly changing their fluorescent color when pressure is applied, is ...

Scientists from diverse universities conducted controlled experiments to determine how big-eared bats detect insects ...

McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

The Rho-alpha model incorporates sensor modalities such as tactile feedback and is trained with human guidance, says ...

Biologists and engineers have joined forces to build a new robot bat that’s helping us understand how real bats use ...

For decades, the ability to visualize the chemical composition of materials, whether for diagnosing a disease, assessing food ...

When people talk about Mars, they usually think of rockets and walking on red dirt. But a lot of work gets done in the background, long before any group gets there. Scientists are already using ...

Bill Whitaker is an award-winning journalist and 60 Minutes correspondent who has covered major news stories, domestically and across the globe, for more than four decades with CBS News. Aliza Chasan ...

If you ever built a line following robot, you’ll be nostalgic about [Jeremy’s] light-seeking robot. It is a very simple build ...

From adaptive wearables to light-based signaling ideas, researchers are exploring what comes next The feathers of a ...