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MIT scientists build a tiny robot that swims using living muscle cells

MIT engineers have built a paper-thin swimming robot powered by living muscle cells that respond to flashes of light, allowing it to swim and steer through water. The breakthrough could pave the way for tiny, self-healing biological robots capable of exploring fragile environments that ordinary machines cannot safely navigate.

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Japan’s MMX mission will reveal the origins of weird Martian moons

Although Phobos and Deimos may look like lumpy space potatoes, they’re actually moons of Mars. No one knows how they formed, but a newly launched spacecraft should soon offer answers

  • Japan’s MMX mission aims to reveal Martian moons’ origins
  • MMX spacecraft will land on Phobos and collect regolith sample
  • Mission returns sample to Earth in 2031 with French-German rover Idefix

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