Muscle-mimicking soft robots may help rehabilitate stroke victims
Soft robots are generally safer and more compliant, making them perfect for situations that require close contact with humans.
Engineers cultivate fungus in brewery wastewater, develop biomass battery
Waste doesn’t always have to be wasted. With a little innovation and a lot of engineering, waste may help change the world for the better.
President Obama promotes exploration of Mars through private-public partnership
President Barack Obama revisited Mars this morning in a piece published by CNN.
Baidu releases Melody, a medical assistant chatbot to keep physicians humming
Melody the Medical Assistant chatbot is designed to converse with patients and collect data on their conditions to save physicians time for treatment.
Off the grid: Small South African airport runs entirely on solar power
From its control towers to its escalators and its ATMs, the regional airport in George will run exclusively off solar power supplied by 2,000 solar panels.
European Space Agency sends final command sequence as its spacecraft approaches Mars
The European Space Agency uploaded the last of its commands to the ExoMars spacecraft, telling the spacecraft what to do once it arrives at the red planet.
Nanoworms and rods are the most effective drug delivery vessels so far
Nanoparticles come in many shapes and sizes, but when it comes to drug delivery, nanorods and nanoworms are the most effective forms.
Researchers replicate rogue waves under realistic conditions for first time
The lab-generated rogue waves may be used to test newly designed vessels before they are constructed at full scale.
The chatbot will see you now: AI may play doctor in the future of healthcare
Startups are using intelligent machines to redesign the clinic, redefine the role of the practitioner, and reposition the patient in relation to her own health.
NASA’s ‘blue collar robot’ may help astronauts colonize Mars
NASA is developing methods to support massless exploration, beginning with resource processing plants on the Moon and Mars.
Hero Surg robot not only performs operations — it lets surgeons feel what it's doing
The creators behind a new robotic system called HeroSurg hope to give surgeons back their haptic feedback to make robotic surgery safer and more precise.
Hasbro's robotic companion pets designed to keep your grandmother company
Toy manufacturer Hasbro has expanded its scope and demographic by creating a pair of lifelike virtual pets intended to keep senior citizens company.
What does your skin say about you? Apparently, it says what you say
An Israeli startup called VocalZoom wants to examine subtle skin vibrations to make complicated analyses: comprehending what we say.
Admire your domain as you ascend in a glass-cased, air-driven elevator
These air-tight elevators use a similar principle that’s used to shuttle cash and checks through vacuum tubes at drive-through banks.
NASA-inspired indoor gardens may make at-home farming easier and healthier
Homegrown produce is a luxury for most city dwellers but a company called Click & Grow wants to make at-home farming as easy as pressing a button.
Beijing’s silver-plated ‘Smog Free Tower’ turns pollution into carbon cubes
Today Beijing gets a little help from the world’s largest outdoor air purifier — a 23-foot-tall, metal hexagon called the Smog Free Tower.
Ciliary cell-inspired microrobots may swim faster and may carry more cargo
A team of researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology have once again turned to nature to design a new type of microrobot.
Could holograms help bring the end of malaria? Experts build new tool
The researchers fed data on thousands of cells into the deep learning program, which determined which parameters would most likely signal an infection.
New research center is dedicated to engineering cells into living machines
The Golden State will soon house its own “blue-sky” bioengineering center thanks to a healthy grant from the National Science Foundation.
How much wind could a wind farm farm? Web tool estimates renewable potential
If necessity is the mother of invention then urgency is its uncle. Climate-conscious scientists Dr. Stefan Pfenninger and Dr. Iain Staffell felt both of these forces when they developed Renewables.ninja.
Watch live: NASA hosts virtual tour and Q&A for its asteroid capture mission
Today at 3 p.m. EST, NASA will host a Facebook Live event to outline its mission, conduct a Q&A, and take participants on a virtual tour.
A clever computer simulation just found hundreds of black holes in a distant star system
An ancient cluster of stars didn't make sense until Univ. of Surrey astrophysicists Miklos Peuten and Mark Gieles decided to do something different.
3D-printed metamaterial ‘machines’ are greater than the sum of their parts
A team of researchers has developed objects with seemingly simple internal microstructures that perform some sophisticated functions.
