Real webshooters? Synthetic spider silk spun from artificial gland
Scientists create a microfluidic device that spins artificial spider silk from spidroins proteins, duplicating silk’s complex molecular structure.
Jan 23
Scientists create a microfluidic device that spins artificial spider silk from spidroins proteins, duplicating silk’s complex molecular structure.
Sep 20
Laser melting ice-core sampler for studying climate change
This laser melting ice core sampler can determine temperature changes thousands of years ago on very fine timescale.
Sep 6
Cyborg cockroaches to the rescue!
The key to this remote-controllable cyborg cockroach is a solar-cell rechargeable battery and an ultrathin flexible backpack.
Jul 7
Robotic AI helps efficient growth of replacement organs
Humans team-up with a robotic AI to speed up experiments to find the best way to regrow damaged eye tissue from stem cells.
Jun 20
Extra “eye” movements are the key to better self-driving cars
If self-driving cars make saccades like people, they might make fewer mistakes identifying important features of the road.
Mar 29
Robotic exoskeleton learns to help people stand up
This new robotic exoskeleton uses machine learning to know when users want help standing up.
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