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Bio & Medicine Jun 12, 2024

Swimming microrobots deliver cancer-fighting drugs to metastatic lung tumors in mice

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed microscopic robots, known as microrobots, capable of swimming through the lungs to deliver cancer-fighting medication directly to metastatic tumors. This ...

Plants & Animals Jun 12, 2024

Advanced underwater robots discover deep-sea squid that broods giant eggs

The deep sea is the largest living space on Earth, but many of the animals and habitats far beneath the ocean's surface remain shrouded in mystery. MBARI's advanced underwater robots, including remotely operated vehicles ...

Nanomaterials Jun 12, 2024

Study uses electrospun nanofibers to improve flexible piezoelectric sensors

Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either costly or have limited sensitivity.

Education Jun 11, 2024

New book examines best methods to prepare future English teachers

How do you teach someone to be a teacher? And what does it mean to be a professional educator? Those questions are at the heart of a new book from a University of Kansas educator and author working to guide the methods of ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jun 11, 2024

AI-powered virtual rat offers insights into how brains control complex, coordinated movement

The agility with which humans and animals move is an evolutionary marvel that no robot has yet been able to closely emulate. To help probe the mystery of how brains control movement, Harvard neuroscientists have created a ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 11, 2024

Researchers build an AI assistant for synthetic chemists

Researchers at the University of Liverpool have built an AI-assistant to guide laboratory chemists to find new, cheaper ways to make organic molecules.

Space Exploration Jun 11, 2024

China announces first astronaut candidates from Hong Kong, Macau

China on Tuesday announced the first astronaut candidates from its special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong, with the latter calling it a "glorious page" in the city's history.

Economics & Business Jun 10, 2024

What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people's professional and personal lives—including job recruitment.

Plants & Animals Jun 9, 2024

How studying (robot) pigeon navigation changed my mind about their intellect

The cycling infrastructure in the Netherlands is fantastic, and cyclists in my hometown of Utrecht would have been the happiest in the world if it wasn't for one thing: pigeons.

Space Exploration Jun 9, 2024

New method could allow multi-robot teams to autonomously and reliably explore other planets

While roboticists have developed increasingly sophisticated systems over the past decades, ensuring that these systems can autonomously operate in real-world settings without mishaps often proves challenging. This is particularly ...

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