Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created what they describe as“the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots”: microscopic swimming machines ...

Smaller than a grain of salt, the light-powered bots can think, sense and act on their own, opening up new possibilities in manufacturing and medicine Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and ...

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Surprising scientific advancements aren't uncommon, but a recent article by Interesting Engineering heralded a sincerely shocking development: researchers appear to have discovered a beneficial form ...

Inserting easy-to-release slipknots into surgical thread could help surgeons to tie perfect sutures — tight enough to help heal a wound but not so tight that they damage tissue. Researchers worked out ...

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Some of the items collected for the University of Illinois Extension’s SNAP-Ed holiday food drive. Some of the items collected for the University of Illinois Extension’s SNAP-Ed holiday food drive. To ...

CONCORD — Tremont is headed to the Class 1A volleyball state finals for the first time in program history. The Cindrealla Turks rallied to beat Hartsburg-Emden, 25-18, 24-26, 25-22, to win the Concord ...

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A team of engineers at North Carolina State University has designed a polymer “Chinese lantern” that can rapidly snap into multiple stable 3D shapes—including a lantern, a spinning top, and more—by ...

The Stream Deck is great for running macros on your Mac, but there are ways to do it significantly cheaper. Sometimes, all it takes is a spare keyboard or a secondary numpad. In the pursuit of ...