Tiny fiber networks, long overlooked and largely invisible to existing imaging tools, are now at the center of a breakthrough ...

Did you ever wonder how an animal as large as a polar bear or reindeer floats? The answer is hollow hair, a remarkable ...

Custom polymer structures can now be 3D printed inside living cells using laser-based fabrication, opening paths to intracellular sensors, cell tracking tags, and embedded microlasers.

Scientists at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have refined an X-ray diffraction technique for detecting biological structures ...

Despite their size, the robots can navigate liquids, respond to their environment and operate without external control.

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Researchers built autonomous robots the size of salt grains—with onboard computers, sensors, and motors that think and swim ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

Measuring just 200 by 300 by 50 micrometers — smaller than a grain of salt and roughly the size of a single-celled paramecium ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

Scientists have created robots smaller than a grain of salt that can sense their surroundings, make decisions, and move ...

Tiny robots smaller than cells can swim, sense surroundings, and decode temperature through miniature dance-like movements ...