1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1072+ words) Illustrative image. New artificial muscle changes shape in real time, heals damage, and can be reused for future soft robotic systems. (CREDIT: Harvard University) Soft robots have long promised something rigid machines cannot easily deliver. They offer the ability to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1068+ words) A good sign: Bone-forming cells (light blue) with nuclei (purple) have already colonized a hydrogel that has been structured like bone. (CREDIT: Margherita Bernero / ETH Zurich) A cube of healthy bone is anything but solid. Inside it, countless tiny channels…...

2+ mon, 21+ hour ago  (806+ words) Scientists used lasers to turn simulated moon dust into durable material, offering a path for building structures directly on the Moon. (CREDIT: ICON) A gray powder that looks like ash can become something closer to stone when hit with the…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (853+ words) Image taken by a high-speed camera during molding with the rod'leading method. (CREDIT: International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials) Hard materials keep modern life moving, from drill bits to cutting tools. One of the toughest is tungsten carbide…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (843+ words) A University of Virginia team has redesigned the common biomedical polymer PEG into a soft, stretchable and 3 D-printable material that stays friendly to living cells and even conducts ions, opening new paths for artificial organs, soft implants and flexible solid…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (940+ words) Researchers in Munich and beyond have shown that tiny gold nanorobots and soft microgels under rhythmic pressure can guide stem cells into bone forming cells using only mechanical forces, opening a path toward faster, more natural regenerative treatments. (CREDIT: AI-generated…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (577+ words) Graphical abstract: A portable device for in situ printing of bone scaffolds. (CREDIT: Cell: Device) Researchers have created a small bone 3 D printing tool, which allows a doctor to "draw" biodegradable implants directly onto a fracture or defect during surgery....

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (924+ words) Researchers have created a swallowable bioprinter that can print living materials inside the body to heal internal injuries'no surgery required. (CREDIT: 2025 LAFT EPFL CC BY SA) In a breakthrough that can reshape the treatment of internal injuries, scientists have created…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (787+ words) A team of engineers in Montr'al has reinvented the parachute using kirigami, the ancient art of paper cutting. (CREDIT: Fr'd'rick Gosselin) A humble concept from ancient Japanese design might remake the way supplies are dropped from the air. Polytechnique Montr'al…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (810+ words) The support scaffold is implanted into the heart defect and covered with the mesh. (CREDIT: Soft Robotics Lab / ETH Zurich) A heart attack cuts off blood flow and oxygen to heart tissue. This can damage muscle and, in severe cases,…...