Traditional robot bodies "are still monolithic, unadaptive, and unrecyclable," said paper author and mechanical engineer Hod ...

Today's robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their ...

Pick up a button mushroom from the supermarket and it squishes easily between your fingers. Snap a woody bracket mushroom off ...

Is it wizardry? Physicists at the University of Konstanz have succeeded in changing the properties of a material in a non-thermal way with the help of light and magnons. The new process is not only ...

Improved bacterial cellulose could help create tougher, greener materials for things we use every day. As plastic waste ...

For thousands of years, humans have combined metals to collectively harness properties found in individual components, ...

Conventional robots, like those used in industry and hazardous environments, are easy to model and control, but are too rigid ...

Harnessing nature’s design to build tougher materials UTA researcher developing 3D-printed composites inspired by bamboo, conch shells for stronger planes, cars and more ...

The research was published on May 20 in Nature Materials. Electronic devices store data in memory units called 'domains,' whose minimum size limits the density of stored information.

An Artificial Protein that Moves Like Something Found in Nature The ability to engineer shapeshifting proteins opens new avenues for medicine, agriculture, and beyond.

Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary Scientists are finding that quantum materials layered to form moiré patterns exhibit exciting new properties.

Energy materials are essential for addressing global energy challenges, and their design, recycling, and performance optimization are critical for sustainable development. To efficiently rise to this ...