Motors and gear trains with micrometer dimensions and powered by light are fabricated using semiconductor lithography and ...

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have captured what may be the biggest planet-forming disk ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

A simple light-based method is uncovering hidden fiber networks inside the brain and body, even in tissue slides over 100 years old.

Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste — and why do single-use items ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São ...

Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink ...

A multi-material microrobot enables the performance of precise movements, including grasping, delivering and releasing ...

The oxidative power makes atomic oxygen useful for a number of fields and industries, but scientists don’t know all the ...

A single laundry load containing synthetic clothing can release thousands of plastic microfibers from nylon, acrylic and polyester materials. Lab testing of an SA-made washing machine filter at ...

Imagined receiving – or being born with – a life sentence with no possibility of parole. The prison will be your own body.