Cilia are micrometer-sized biological structures that occur frequently in nature. Their characteristic high-frequency, ...

The idea doesn’t come from science fiction anymore. It comes from limits repeatedly encountered in physics and computation. Space, time, and energy behave less like smooth continua and more like ...

The three hours Maksym spent being transported through the battlefield in eastern Ukraine felt like an eternity. Severely wounded and soaking wet, he was stuck inside a tiny, driverless armored ...

Some people think they can pull a fast one by “returning” something they’ve bought, but replacing the original with a knockoff and keeping the real deal. UPS’s return centers are using machine ...

GXO Logistics will start using humanoid robots at warehouses "to help with a variety of repetitive tasks." The company will use Agility Robotics' bipedal (two-legged) "mobile manipulation robot" named ...

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iRobot, the maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy protection on Sunday and is pursuing a buyout from its primary manufacturer in China after the company's acquisition by Amazon was ...

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