Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto.

(Nanowerk News) If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas.

Scientists have created a micron-sized memory actuators that allow atomically sized 2D materials to fold into 3D. How so? Through a quick voltage jolt! To demonstrate this capability, scientists ...