These Electronics-Free Robots Can Walk Right Off the 3D-Printer
Imagine a robot that can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. It can also be printed in one…
Chimpanzees Act as ‘Engineers’, Choosing Materials to Make Tools Based on Structural and Mechanical Properties
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography at the University of Oxford, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, the Jane Goodall Institute in…
New Eye Drops Slow Vision Loss in Animals
Treatment shows potential to slow the progression of human degenerative eye diseases, including retinitis pigmentosa Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed eye drops that extend vision…
Squirrel-Inspired Leaping Robot Can Stick a Landing on a Branch
Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a squirrel, which can parkour through a thicket…
Black Holes: Not Endings, but Beginnings? New Research Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of the Universe
New research suggests black holes may transition into ‘white holes’, ejecting matter and potentially even time back into the universe, defying our current understanding of these cosmic giants. The study…
QIA Researchers Create First Operating System for Quantum Networks
Breakthrough achievement paves the way for practical quantum internet applications Delft, The Netherlands: Quantum Internet Alliance (QIA) researchers at TU Delft, QuTech, University of Innsbruck, INRIA and CNRS recently announced…
Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter
A mysterious phenomenon at the centre of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark matter. Dark matter, the mysterious form of unobserved matter which could…
Paralyzed Man Moves Robotic Arm with His Thoughts
Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm through a device that relays signals from his brain to a computer. He…
ChatGPT on the Couch? How to Calm a Stressed-Out AI
Research shows that AI language models, such as ChatGPT, are sensitive to emotional content. Especially if it is negative, such as stories of trauma or statements about depression. When people…
Comprehensive Resource Describes Functions of More than 20,000 Human Genes
A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has just been completed and released on a new website.…
What Makes Mars the ‘Red’ Planet? Scientists Have Some New Ideas
Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as just the “Red Planet” — but new research suggests the Martian shade…
How to Get a Robot Collective to Act Like a Smart Material
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. “We’ve figured…
Paralympian John McFall Could Become 1st Astronaut with a Disability on ISS
This astronaut won’t be letting his prosthetic leg ground him to the confines of Earth. European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut John McFall has just become the first person with…
Ancient Egyptian Mummified Bodies Smell ‘Woody,’ ‘Spicy’ and ‘Sweet’
Ancient Egyptian mummified bodies smell ‘woody,’ ‘spicy’ and ‘sweet’, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL and the University of Ljubljana, revealing new details about mumification practices. The…
Earth’s Inner Core is Undergoing a Transformation
The surface of the Earth’s inner core may be changing, as shown by a new study from USC scientists that detected structural changes near the planet’s center, published today in…
EUCLID DISCOVERS A STUNNING EINSTEIN RING
Euclid blasted off on its six-year mission to explore the dark Universe on 1 July 2023. Before the spacecraft could begin its survey, the team of scientists and engineers on…
LARGEST RADIO JET EVER SEEN IN THE EARLY UNIVERSE
The monster jet spans at least 200,000 light-years and formed when the Universe was less than 10% of its current age From decades of astronomical observations scientists know that most…
DON’T KNOW SOMETHING? APES CAN TELL
Bonobos realize when humans miss information and communicate accordingly To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn’t know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that…
Blue Origin Mimics Moon Gravity on 1st-of-its-Kind New Shepard Research Rocket Launch
Blue Origin just launched a first-of-its kind mission to suborbital space. The company, which was founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, sent its reusable New Shepard suborbital vehicle aloft today (Feb.…
Blue Origin to Launch New Shepard Moon-Gravity Mission on Feb. 4 After Glitch
Blue Origin is now targeting Tuesday (Feb. 4) for its first-ever moon-gravity mission. The company first tried to launch the NS-29 mission of its New Shepardsuborbital vehicle on Jan. 28,…
NASA astronaut Suni Williams sets new record on 5.5-hour spacewalk outside ISS
Suni Williams surpasses the most time by a woman on EVA during a spacewalk with Butch Wilmore outside the International Space Station. Two NASA astronauts working outside of the International…
Moon is Not as ‘Geologically Dead’ as Previously Thought
Scientists have studied the moon’s surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological and evolutionary history. Evidence from the lunar maria (dark, flat areas on the moon filled…
Researchers Discover New Way to Store Hydrogen Using Lignin Jet Fuel
An international team of scientists has discovered a way to store and release volatile hydrogen using lignin-based jet fuel that could open new pathways for sustainable energy production. In a…
Scientists Discover Exoplanet with Supersonic Winds — the Fastest in the Known Universe
5.6 miles per second (9 kilometers per second), or 20,500 miles per hour (33,000 kilometers per hour) — the fastest winds ever measured on a planet. The faraway world, a…
Astronomers Thought They Understood Fast Radio Bursts: A Recent One Calls that into Question
The new ability to pinpoint sources of fast radio bursts places one recent burst in a surprising location Astronomer Calvin Leung was excited last summer to crunch data from a…