Proteins are the building blocks of life. These biomolecules comprise chains of amino acids that fold into precise shapes to perform specific jobs in nature. But these elegant structures form only ...

Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept method for programming mechanical properties ...

A team of University of Waterloo researchers has created smart, advanced materials that will be the building blocks for a future generation of soft medical microrobots. These tiny robots have the ...

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that, according to materials theory, ...

The UK’s PLP Architects is focused on creating a greener future by collaborating with nature, developing a fungus-based modular block that is renewable and biodegradable, and has the potential to ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven are doing—constructing intricate 3D nanostructures by harnessing the ...

Electrically heated elements turn from solids to liquids to provide flexibility to robotic building blocks. We use cookies to ...