Science, space and robotics
A soft robotic strip barely two centimeters long can curl, grip and release objects using nothing but living microalgae and changes in illumination. Engineers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands built the device, which carries no…
A powerful solar eruption on November 11, 2025 pushed radiation through the atmosphere to the ground and gave researchers a rare chance to test how well aviation warning systems track such events. An international sensor network coordinated by the University…
Google’s orbital data-center experiment has started talking back. Engineers beamed a request to the Suncatcher satellite asking it to compose a haiku about space, and the Gemma 4 model running aboard produced a reply that reached the ground on October…
Electronic implants designed to give blind patients back some sight are entering a new phase after two decades of mixed results. Earlier retinal devices have been abandoned, and researchers are now testing wireless systems that send visual information straight to…
