Scientists create steady robots with the help of cockroach
Ew, a cockroach! But it zips off before the swatter appears.
Now, researchers have leveraged the bug’s superb scurrying skills to create a cleverly simple...
Nano-thermometer can now take a single cell’s temperature
How do you know a cell has a fever?
Take its temperature.
That’s now possible thanks to research by Rice University scientists who used the...
Scientists create artificial ‘chameleon skin’ powered by nanomachines
Researchers have developed artificial 'chameleon skin' that changes color when exposed to light and could be used in applications such as active camouflage and...
Physicists create world’s smallest engine
The engine is approximately ten billion times smaller than that of a car, and could one day help recycle waste heat and thus improve...
Scientists invent a battery-free sensor for underwater exploration
To investigate the vastly unexplored oceans covering most our planet, researchers aim to build a submerged network of interconnected sensors that send data to...
New way to turn any sheet of material into any shape using kirigami cuts
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a mathematical framework that can turn any sheet...
Scientists develop super thin nylon films for transparent electronic devices
Scientists have solved a four-decade-long challenge of producing very thin nylon films that can be used for instance in electronic memory components.
The thin nylon...
Light could become the new electricity
A new device called a nanoscale photon diode could eventually enable next-generation computing, communication and energy conversion technologies.
The future of faster, more efficient information...
New finding could change the way industry uses nickel
A surprising discovery has found that nickel not only corrodes, but does so in a way that scientists least expected.
Nickel is one of the...
How will we travel the world in 2050?
If the aviation industry was a country, it would rank among the world’s top ten emitters of carbon dioxide (CO₂).
Aviation emissions have risen by...
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In a new study, researchers discovered that autism is 80% reliant on inherited genes.
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This popular painkiller may harm your blood sugar
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Popular high blood pressure drug may increase risk of bowel disease
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Common painkiller may harm your immune system, damage heart and kidneys
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