Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have developed a new class of metamaterials that ...

These robots don’t move like machines most people are used to — they bend, compress, and reshape themselves as they go. Instead of breaking under pressure, they absorb it and keep moving. That makes ...

A small burst of energy can change how a movement feels. It can make a reach quicker, a step lighter, or a motion more deliberate. Scientists have long sensed that this link between feeling and ...

In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam researchers introduce human-made materials that spring to life.

With their ability to shapeshift and manipulate delicate objects, soft robots could work as medical implants, deliver drugs ...

Cosmologists have an embarrassing problem: we don’t know what shape the universe is. The cosmos has three possible geometries—positively curved like a sphere, flat like an infinite plane or negatively ...

A major deal struck by the film Academy and AEG will move the film industry's biggest night from its home since 2002 to the venue that has hosted the Primetime Emmys since 2008. By Scott Feinberg ...

For three weeks now, the United States has been at war with Iran. And once again, an American president is trying to punish news organizations for publishing coverage he doesn’t like about the war.

The Houston Comets haven’t even returned to the court yet, but they’re already making moves like a franchise with something to prove. After the WNBA disbanded the Comets in 2008, the team is back in ...

A team of physicists has pushed the limits of quantum control by cooling the rotational motion of a nanoscale object to its ...

This page has been put together to help you practise and revisit some of the brilliant skills you’ve learned all through primary school. It’s a great way to boost your confidence in Maths and get you ...