In a recent paper published by Professor Xin Li and Dr. Yanlong Guo from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the authors explore the profound paradigm shift in ...

It’s well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their webs whenever prey (like a fly) gets caught; the web serves as an extension of their sensory system. But ...

See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and more. Inside a lab in Boston University's ...