A few years ago, physicists were surprised to learn that stacking and subtly twisting two atomically thin layers of an ...

Inspired by California blackworms, Harvard’s new swarm robot tangles, moves, and thinks like a living blob, on land and in water.

The team noted that each robot measures roughly 1 foot long and they are individually powered. Specifically, when an internal ...

The slimy, segmented, bottom-dwelling California blackworm is about as unappealing as it gets—but get a few dozen or thousand together, and they form a massive, entangled blob that seems to take on a ...

The associated research has been published in Optica. It was co-led by Federico Capasso, the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical ...

As adults, these large snakes are better known for their slow, lumbering gait, but the researchers discovered that young ...

A team at Harvard and Vienna University of Technology have invented a new tunable laser that uses a series of rings to smoothly emit many light wavelengths from a single chip. The laser could replace ...

Researchers show algae can grow in Mars-like atmospheric pressure conditions. If humans are ever to establish permanent ...

A few years ago, physicists were surprised to learn that stacking and subtly twisting two atomically thin layers of an electronic material like ...

The experiments show a real chance of creating self-sufficient, closed-loop living spaces using shelters made from ...

Researchers have successfully grown green algae inside of green algae-derived bioplastic shelters under Mars-like conditions. The experiments are a first step toward designing sustainable habitats for ...