Amanda Bankel's doctoral thesis explores why low-carbon technologies like solar panels do not spread as quickly as expected, ...

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant showed a ...

Researchers at Cranfield University have created WANDER-bot, a low-cost, 3D-printed robot that is powered by wind energy.

Robots are increasingly learning new skills by watching people. From folding laundry to handling food, many real-world, ...

NUS researchers have developed a platform that lets lab-grown muscle tissues train themselves to record-breaking strength, ...

A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and a team of Rutgers students are proposing a means to defend manufacturers from cyberattacks—and ensure the uninterrupted production of ...

In a crowded fourth-grade classroom in Chicago, a new kind of tutor is shaping how children learn about empathy, conflict, and problem-solving. These robots aren't programmed to act like friendly ...

The Aydin Group at LMU Munich has unveiled a novel strategy for making perovskite solar cells more robust against extreme temperature fluctuations. To this end, the researchers led by Dr. Erkan Aydin, ...

American Airlines and Google said Thursday that they significantly reduced the climate impact of some of the airline's ...

Roboticists have struggled to get humanoid robots to effectively replicate athletic sports skills, such as those needed for tennis. These sports require highly dynamic motion, quick reactions, and ...

Federal auto regulators have escalated a probe of Tesla after several of its cars crashed while using its self-driving feature, just as CEO Elon Musk prepares to roll out a new model with no steering ...

Powerful electronics don't have to come at an environmental cost. Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have developed high-performance, lead-free piezoelectric thin films directly on standard ...