In science and engineering, it's unusual for innovation to come in one fell swoop. It's more often a painstaking plod through ...

This interactive 3D-printed book is a marvel of innovation, blending engineering and creativity. Learn how it’s captivating ...

While there are many potential uses for soft-bodied robots, the things are still typically only built in small experimental batches. Scottish scientists are out to change that, with a ...

A book of mechanical actions is a wondrous thing — mechanically inclined children have lost collective decades pouring over them over the generations. What could possibly be better? Why, if the ...

Researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for ...

Whether you have a mechanical limited-slip differential (LSD) in your car you stand to benefit from knowing how one works. Not so you can know how to fix it or anything—just because they’re a ...

Robotics company 1X Technologies has debuted a humanoid robot called NEO Gamma. This humanoid robot can do everything at home, and it acts like a nanny that can attend to various needs of the ...

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) used hydrogels mixed with dinoflagellates and single-celled microalgae to make mechanoluminescent living composites that are very strong ...