There are numerous things to dislike about going to the doctor: Paying a copay, sitting in the waiting room, out-of-date magazines, sick people coughing without covering their mout... Read more
Some of the most important tools in the toolbox of modern cell biologists are special chunks of DNA that act like spies, reporting on the cell’s function. The markers, known... Read more
Strong memories are encoded by teams of neurons working together in synchrony Why is it that you can remember the name of your childhood best friend that you haven’t seen in... Read more
3D-printed active hinges change shape in response to heat The majority of soft robots today rely on external power and control, keeping them tethered to off-board systems or rigged... Read more
Software that purports to read emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for a variety of purposes, including surveillance, hiring, clinical diagnosis, and market research. But... Read more
Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason—we humans need molecular oxygen (O2) to breathe, and space is essentiall... Read more
New system employs a deep neural network to overcome the challenge of ground-effect turbulence Landing multi-rotor drones smoothly is difficult. Complex turbulence is created by th... Read more
“Flexible and Superwettable Bands as a Platform toward Sweat Sampling and Sensing” Like other biofluids, sweat contains a wealth of information about what’s going on inside the bod... Read more
Computer design meets potions class: A little of vial 1 and a little of vial 2 yield six-bit computations encoded in DNA Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules... Read more
Nanoscale patterning could enable precise manipulation of objects on many scales. Researchers at Caltech have designed a way to levitate and propel objects using only light, by cre... Read more
Imagine not having to charge your phone or laptop for weeks. That is the dream of researchers looking into alternative batteries that go beyond the current lithium-ion versions pop... Read more
Caltech engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice Mechanical versus Optical Gyroscopes Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and... Read more
