A new technique turns YouTube videos into 3D reconstructions of matches. The key to the approach is a convolutional neural network—a type of artificial…
DNA origami has been used to build many things on the nanoscale—miniscule doughnuts, teddy bears, even the Mona Lisa. But making a 3D shape is…
Researchers have developed a new kind of semitransparent polymer called TUEG3 (poly[thioureas] and ethylene glycol), that maintains both rigidity and healing properties, without requiring any…
Science Magazine shows us how new research suggests that silicon carbide transistors could let landers survive for months rather than hours in the immense pressure…
Until recently, arachnologists trying to unravel how spiders' vast range of adaptations arose built family trees based on morphology and behavior. Lately, however, studies of…
Science Magazine shows us how each human cell nucleus is packed with 2 meters of DNA wrapped around 46 chromosomes like a jumble of spaghetti.…
When engineers want to make an object weigh less, they literally cut corners. Using a tool called topology optimization, they enlist computers to snip as…
Science Magazine shows us how an international team of scientists made the new material, called “twistron harvesters,” by tying a carbon nanotube string into a…
A new study published in Science shows how researchers have developed a polymer lubricant that prevents the mussels from glomming onto underwater surfaces. This anti-mussel…
Everything from beetles’ exoskeletons to peacocks' feathers has tiny arrays of precisely-shaped objects on their surfaces that influence how light reflects off, creating vibrant blues,…
An Uber research scientist, Jason Yosinski is performing a kind of brain surgery on the AI running on his laptop. Like many of the AIs…
Two research papers published in Science Magazine this week presents the latest data from Juno revealing a Jupiter peppered with electron streams, ammonia plumes, and…
Repairing big bones breaks has been a challenge. Now researchers have used gene therapy to improve bone grafts in pigs. The new research “has huge…
Someday soon, robot assistants will be a part of our everyday lives—but only if we can teach them new tasks without programming. If you have…
Biologists sometimes use the phrase “arms race” to describe an evolutionary tug-of-war, but it’s rarely this literal. Microbes called dinoflagellates (above) have developed intricate weapons—including…
Our hands don't just hold things-- they need to sense pressure and texture in order to help us grip and manipulate. This robot hand can…
Pain has evolved to motivate us to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged body part while it heals, and to avoid similar experiences…
You’d probably never notice a jumping spider across your living room, but it would surely notice you. The arachnids are known for their brilliant eyesight,…
Astronomers have found a dozen very old variable stars deep in the maelstrom of stars at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery…
In a stunning landscape of jagged limestone hills in southwestern China, engineers are putting the finishing touches on a grand astronomy facility: a half-kilometer-wide dish…
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