Planetary Sciences
Dec 8, 2025
NASA robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars
Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day.
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Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2025
Dynamic duo of bacteria could change Mars dust into versatile building material for first human colonists
Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial habitation. Among the celestial ...
Space Exploration
Dec 1, 2025
Experts propose circular economy to cut waste and pollution from space missions
Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals are released into the atmosphere. Published in Chem Circularity, sustainability and ...
Nanomaterials
Nov 28, 2025
Tiny reconfigurable robots can help manage carbon dioxide levels in confined spaces
Vehicles and buildings designed to enable survival in extreme environments, such as spacecraft, submarines and sealed shelters, heavily rely on systems for the management of carbon dioxide (CO2). These are technologies that ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 20, 2025
From light to logic: First complete logic gate achieved in soft material using light alone
Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Pittsburgh have created the first functionally complete logic gate—a NAND gate (short for "NOT AND")—in a soft material using only beams of visible light. The discovery, ...
Nanophysics
Nov 18, 2025
Nanorobots based on reconfigurable DNA origami arrays can work autonomously
Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient paper-folding art of origami. More recently, some of these teams started experimenting with origami ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 11, 2025
Nanorobots guide stem cells to become bone cells via precise pressure
For the first time, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have succeeded in using nanorobots to stimulate stem cells with such precision that they are reliably transformed into bone cells. To achieve this, ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 11, 2025
This new robot has a clever spin on lunar mining
Work continues on designs for robots that can help assist the first human explorers on the moon in over half a century. One of the most important aspects of that future trip will be utilizing the resources available on the ...
Polymers
Nov 7, 2025
Mechanoluminescent sensors with dual-function polymer shell offer eco-friendly, high-resolution control
Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials are attractive for haptic interface sensors for next-generation technologies, including bite-controlled user interface, health care motion monitoring, and piconewton sensing, because they ...
Space Exploration
Nov 4, 2025
Robotic exosuit trousers could boost astronauts' movement in space missions
Astronauts could soon be able to move more freely thanks to a soft robotic exosuit developed by researchers at the University of Bristol.
