A team of researchers at Tsinghua University has proposed a mathematical framework for building and understanding increasingly complex artificial intelligence...

Manufacturing assembly is entering an era in which the most valuable co-worker on the factory floor may not be human....

A tiny robot inspired by dragons, qilins, chimeras, fish, and sea lions has demonstrated an unusual combination of speed, strength,...

Flapping-wing micro aerial vehicles are turning one of nature’s most efficient flight strategies into a new class of robotic technology....

Light sent through a seven-core optical fiber can spontaneously reorganize itself into a remarkably stable and evenly distributed pattern when...

A burst of intense femtosecond laser light can make a semiconductor change its optical behavior almost instantaneously, according to a...

A tiny molecular machine that can switch circularly polarized light on and off in response to mechanical force has been...

Radio antennas are usually treated as passive pieces of hardware: they transmit or receive electromagnetic waves, while separate electronics handle...

Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) researchers have developed a striking new approach to urban cooling: small, 3D-printed ceramic cubes...

Researchers from the University of Bath and an international team led by KU Leuven have developed a graphene oxide membrane...