In a joint advance from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan, engineers have designed the smallest fully programmable autonomous robots ever built – ...

Powered by light, the robots carry computers and can move in complex patterns, say Penn Engineering and University of ...

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

From nuclear fusion and biosecurity to delivery robots and online college, here’s a detailed look at Sam Altman’s startup ...

Beneath the Pacific, scientists uncovered a deep-sea site defying everything we thought we knew about Earth's oceans. Hidden ...

Scientists are building experimental computers from living human brain cells and testing how they learn and adapt.

They achieved this by embedding an elastomer inside the exoskeleton to control each of its segments and then mounting it on a ...

Micro-jumping robots offer unique advantages in scenarios such as confined space exploration and post-disaster search and rescue. However, ...

A team of scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is building robotic devices that feature discarded ...

Researchers have developed artificial tendons for muscle-powered robots. They attached the rubber band-like tendons (blue) to ...

At the Olympiad, organizers hoped to lay a foundation for annual competitions providing an “honest validation of the progress ...