Now, researchers have built a system that keeps working even after losing half its sensing ability, inspired by how insects ...

Part biological tank, part master engineer, the Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) has moved from East Asia to become one of the world’s most destructive invasive species. By riddling riverbanks ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This product is made with XX% recycled plastic." Verifying such claims, however, ...

Chemical engineer Paula Hammond, biomedical engineer Anjelica Gonzalez, and physicist Shirley Ann Jackson, describe their ...

A collaborative research group has developed a bio-inspired robotic system based on insect behavior which can locate odor sources both indoors and outdoors with consistent accuracy, even if one of its ...

Simple motor network mimics muscle contraction, scaling force with load and offering new paths for adaptive robotics design.

He has completed his academic career by finishing his PhD, flying back to Germany with his dad, and preparing for his next ...

Researchers join Wellcome Leap’s international effort to better understand early biological influences on neurodevelopment.

An environmental engineer, he invented a biological method to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater, an advance that transformed the industry worldwide.

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...

Accurately measuring small shifts in biological markers, like proteins and neurotransmitters, or harmful chemicals in the ...