A "biohybrid" robotic hand built using real human muscle cells

Biohybrid robots work by combining biological components like muscles, plant material, and even fungi with non-biological materials.

Australian becomes first in world discharged with durable artificial heart

A New South Wales man with heart failure lived with the artificial heart for over 100 days while waiting to be matched with a heart donor.

Cockroaches can be turned into cyborgs for life-saving missions

Cyborg cockroaches are creeping onto the scene as a surprising alternative for challenging tasks in risky locations.

New Battery Harvests Energy From Radioactive Nuclear Waste

The battery uses solar power generated by crystals that emit light when they absorb radiation.

Physicists achieve record-breaking electron beam power and current

A team of physicists at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in Menlo Park, California, generated the highest-current, highest-peak-power electron beams ever produced. 

This Robot Swarm Can Flow Like Liquid and Support a Humans 'Weight

These robots can flow around obstacles before hardening into weight-bearing tools that push, throw, twist objects like a wrench—and bear up to 150 pounds of weight.

New Record: Reactor Crosses 'Crucial Milestone' in Achieving Nuclear Fusion

French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by managing to maintain raging-hot plasma for a record 22 minutes.

Microsoft unveils first quantum chip powered by 'topological qubits'

Microsoft says it's made a major breakthrough in quantum computing capabilities with the Majorana 1, its first quantum chip.

Teleportation Achieved Between Quantum Computers in a World First

In a groundbreaking use of teleportation, critical units of a quantum processor have been successfully spread across multiple computers.

Scientists Discover New Class of Quantum States in Graphene

Team of international researchers have recently discovered a strange new state of matter in the dynamics of currents flowing through layers of graphene.

AI model simulates generated a new fluorescent protein

A team of AI researchers, biologists and evolutionary specialists have designed and built an AI model capable of generating the code to synthesize novel proteins. 

How AI Is Redefining Death, Memory, and Immortality

Our digital legacies don’t just preserve memories; they can continue to influence the world, long after we’re gone.

What Is an AI Agent? A Computer Scientist Explains the Next Wave of AI Tools

Interacting with AI chatbots like ChatGPT can be fun and sometimes useful, but the next level of everyday AI goes beyond answering questions: AI agents carry out tasks for you.

Breakthrough in technology for lifelike facial expressions in androids

Even highly realistic androids can cause unease when their facial expressions lack emotional consistency.