MIT scientists have developed tiny, soft-bodied robots that can be controlled with a weak magnet. The robots, formed from rubbery magnetic spirals, can be programmed to walk, crawl, swim — all in…
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Researchers grow precise arrays of nanoLEDs
A new technique produces perovskite nanocrystals right where they’re needed, so the exceedingly delicate materials can be integrated into nanoscale devices. Halide perovskites are a family of materials that have attracted attention…
An Unexpected Doorway into the Ear Opens New Possibilities for Hearing Restoration
An international team of researchers has developed a new method to deliver drugs into the inner ear. The discovery was possible by harnessing the natural flow of fluids in the brain and…
This brain-computer interface can be implanted without cutting the skull
An implantable brain-computer interface (BCI) company named Synchron is developing a neuroprosthesis device named Stentrode. Stentrode is 8mm in diameter and made from a flexible alloy called nitinol. It is inserted into…
Stronger tape engineered through the art of cutting
A research team at Virginia Tech has adapted kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of cutting paper, into a method for increasing the adhesive bond of ordinary tape by 60 times. Adhesive tape…