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Salto, for saltatorial locomotion on terrain obstacles, is shown.Credit: Stephen McNally Roboticists at UC Berkeley have designed a small robot that can leap into the...

A seismic instrument (long black cylinder, right) installed in 2013 on a level triangular metal plate on the seafloor atop Axial Volcano. The green...

Frequent sauna bathing can reduce the risk of dementia, according to a recent study carried out at the University of Eastern Finland.Image Credit: Flickr/Thomas...

At night, early risers demonstrate a quicker reaction time when solving unusual attention-related tasks than night owls, but these early risers make more mistakes...

Rapid population decline among vertebrate species began at the end of the 19th century when industrialization was at its peak, according to researchers at...

IC 5201 sits over 40 million light-years away from us. As with two thirds of all the spirals we see in the universe --...

A single nitrogen-doped graphene quantum dot with zig-zag edges. Credit: Ajayan Group/Rice University Graphene quantum dots may offer a simple way to recycle waste carbon...

View of the North Pole: The colours show the varying height of Ceres' landscape. The numbers refer to ten craters where the Framing Cameras...

This tiny radio -- whose building blocks are the size of two atoms -- can withstand extremely harsh environments and is biocompatible, meaning it...

Credit: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne A drone has been equipped with feathers to increase its precision during flight. The bio-inspired device can spread or...

The gravity of galaxies bends space, such that the light traveling through this space is bent. This bending of light allows astronomers to measure...