The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who ...

A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move.

Imagine a cloud that shines like a neon sign, but instead of raindrops, it contains countless microscopic dust grains ...

The Swarm satellites of the European Space Agency have tracked the grown of a weak spot in the magnetic field of the Earth.

New dating techniques at a fossil site in New Mexico attempt to dispel the theory that dinosaurs were already in decline ...

Changing light's polarization can reverse the structure of a patterned light field, opening a new way to control geometry and ...

Trains move through the world's subway stations in a consistent pattern: arriving, stopping, and moving to the next stop—and ...

For something that keeps every living thing on Earth alive, our Sun is still full of mystery. It’s been studied, […] ...

Auburn, AL) Imagine a cloud that shines like a neon sign, but instead of raindrops it contains countless microscopic dust grains floating in midair ...

Scientists built flat sheet robots that can change shape and move without motors. They lock into 256 metabot forms using tiny ...