Ingestible medical devices can be broken down with light

A variety of medical devices can be inserted into the gastrointestinal tract to treat, diagnose, or…

Spider-Man-style robotic graspers defy gravity

Specially designed vacuum suction units allow humans to climb walls. Scientists have developed a suction unit…

Scientists measure the evolving energy of a solar flare's explosive first minutes

Toward the end of 2017, a massive new region of magnetic field erupted on the Sun’s…

RUAG Space: High-Tech-Mechanisms for new generation of all-electric satellites

RUAG Space: High-Tech-Mechanisms for new generation of all-electric satellites Click here for original story,…

Chemists allow boron atoms to migrate

Organic molecules with atoms of the semi-metal boron are among the most important building blocks for…

Not all of nature's layered structures are tough as animal shells and antlers, study finds

Nacre—the iridescent part of mollusk shells—is a poster child for biologically inspired design. Despite being made…

2020 LAD Laboratory Astrophysics Prize Goes to James Truran

2020 LAD Laboratory Astrophysics Prize Goes to James Truran Click here for original story,…

NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 61: Step-1 due date delay for E.5 Applied Information Systems Research

NASA ROSES-19 Amendment 61: Step-1 due date delay for E.5 Applied Information Systems Research …

A new method for dating ancient earthquakes

Constraining the history of earthquakes produced by bedrock fracturing is important for predicting seismic activity and…

Space mission names embody Chinese romanticism

Space mission names embody Chinese romanticism Click here for original story, Space mission names…