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Scientists have developed a material that can grow and coordinate its own movement until the entire structure pulses in unison, paving the way for versatile robots that behave more like living systems.
We haven't written up this one. Phys.org has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
Plastics are supposed to be chemically inert. It's the reason they're used so frequently to package food, bottle water and create children's toys: They're safe.
For early birds, evolution wasn't always about becoming better flyers. This conclusion is supported by the recent discovery of a remarkably well-preserved, 150-million-year-old bird fossil from Fujian…
A new model using sturgeon as a material analog has made it possible to estimate how the backbones of some of the first animals on land could and could not move.
The US Department of War’s investment in the Serra Verde mine dusts off the origins of the term ‘critical minerals’ The post Brazil rare earth deal proves militaries’ long-held interest in minerals…
For centuries, dogs have helped people travel across the Arctic, hauling supplies, equipment and other goods through snowy landscapes where other domesticated animals struggled to venture.
Researchers have conducted the largest-ever controlled test of space-based methane monitoring, finding that dedicated methane sensors correctly detected nearly all methane plumes released on clear…
