Lower-limb exoskeletons are moving toward a decisive technological turning point. Instead of asking a wearable robot to identify whether a...

Europe’s buildings are being designed with weather data that may already belong to the past. Engineers commonly rely on Typical...

A seemingly small choice at the beginning of a materials-production process may determine how effectively a promising water-treatment catalyst works,...

Researchers have unveiled a new approach to making soft robots and wearable machines look and move more like living organisms:...

For decades, science has relied on a formal ritual to decide which discoveries deserve attention: experts read manuscripts, assess their...

Lensless cameras may soon become far more capable of recording moving biological samples, thanks to a new computational imaging framework...

A simple calculation from two routine blood tests is drawing new attention to a question that could affect millions of...

Researchers in Japan have developed a wastewater treatment technology that could transform nitrogen pollution from an environmental liability into a...

Extreme heat and bitter cold are usually reported as threats to health, infrastructure and agriculture. A new study published in...

A nanoscale coating that deliberately uses tiny surface “defects” to make water droplets appear faster and leave the surface sooner...