We are constantly immersed in magnetic fields. The Earth produces a field that envelops us. Toasters, microwaves, and all of our other appliances produce their own faint ones. All of these fields are ...

Shape-shifting robots could soon be morphing their way from the realms of science fiction into reality. Researchers have developed a metal-based material that can alter its shape and can even heal ...

Metal has always been the chosen language of visionaries who want their art to endure. These artists forge more than ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. A metal that can move on its own will play a key role in NASA’s next voyage to Mars A metal that can move on its ...

Instead making complicated folds in sheet metal to give it strength, two architects simply inflate the space between sheet metal shapes. Thanks to a new welding robot in a new workshop, they can now ...

Using gallium, a metal with a very low melting point, researchers have developed a self-powered, shape-shifting liquid metal motor. Michelle Starr Science editor Michelle Starr is CNET's science ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) 'DNA origami' is a design technique – similar to the traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into decorative or representational forms – that is used by ...

Hasta la vista, baby. A real-life T-1000, the shape-shifting liquid-metal robot from Terminator 2, is a step closer, thanks to a self-powered liquid metal motor. The device is surprisingly ...

No matter how careful chip design engineers are, and regardless of what implementation tools they use, a verification team will always encounter design rule checking (DRC) errors during the signoff ...