With the speed at which technology advances, there is little room for suboptimal performance and out-of-date tech. Precise ...

A 1.98-square-micrometer QR code, etched into ceramic thin film and verified by Guinness, showcases a new approach to ...

Instead of physical contact, these 300-micrometer robots use fluidic torque — creating controlled whirlpools in the surrounding liquid to exert force on objects ...

Scientists have engineered a lab-on-a-chip system capable of applying precisely controlled mechanical forces to biological materials that mimic the extracellular matrix.

Residents across a part of Alabama were urged to stay indoors as PM2.5 hit unhealthy levels, EPA data showed Tuesday.

E pluribus unum—"out of many, one"—is not only a motto for the United States; it's a good credo for microrobots. A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent ...

Prostate tumors contain more microplastics than healthy prostate tissue, researchers from New York University Langone Health ...

More than 10,000 Americans are waiting for a liver transplant. Many more never make the list, because they are too sick to ...

Up to 11. 5 million plastic particles can show up in a single liter of bottled water, at least in a small slice of samples tested by a team working near Lake Erie.

Physicists and chemists at Heidelberg University have realized a photonic microchip that is driven by light just as easily as ...

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have unveiled a breakthrough ...

Most space missions rely on chemical rockets for propulsion. Rockets must carry fuel, which increases spacecraft mass and limits their speed and travel distance. For decades, researchers have explored ...