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Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
Researchers at Harvard University have built soft robots inspired by nature that can crawl, swim, grasp delicate objects and even assist a beating heart,...
How does water change the Moon’s origin story?
It's amazing what a difference a little water can make. The Moon formed between about 4.4 and 4.5 billion years ago when an object...
Wind and solar power could meet four-fifths of US electricity demand
The United States could reliably meet about 80 percent of its electricity demand with solar and wind power generation, according to scientists at the...
Why are some mushrooms ‘magic?’ Study offers evolutionary explanation
Psychedelic mushrooms likely developed their "magical" properties to trip up fungi-munching insects, suggests new research.
The work helps explain a biological mystery and could open...
Hidden secret of immortality enzyme telomerase
Can we stay young forever, or even recapture lost youth?
Research from the laboratory of Professor Julian Chen in the School of Molecular Sciences at...
Humans changed the ecosystems of Central Africa more than 2,600 years ago
Fields, streets and cities, but also forests planted in rank and file, and dead straight rivers: humans shape nature to better suit their purposes,...
Researchers report the creation of Rydberg polarons in a Bose gas
What is inside an atom between the nucleus and the electron? Usually there is nothing, but why could there not be other particles too?...
Human neural stem cell grafts to repair spinal cord injuries in monkeys
Led by researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, a diverse team of neuroscientists and surgeons successfully grafted human neural progenitor...
Artificial intelligence techniques reconstruct mysteries of quantum systems
The same techniques used to train self-driving cars and chess-playing computers are now helping physicists explore the complexities of the quantum world.
For the first...
Life in world’s driest desert seen as sign of potential life on Mars
For the first time, researchers have seen life rebounding in the world's driest desert, demonstrating that it could also be lurking in the soils...
Stars around the Milky Way: Cosmic space invaders or victims of galactic eviction?
An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA) has made a surprising discovery about the birthplace of groups...
