Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently

By enabling them to ask a question when they're confused, an algorithm helps robots get better…

How nature creates forest diversity

Forest ecologists have long sought to understand why so many different species of trees can coexist…

New materials could turn water into the fuel of the future

Combining computational with experimental approaches, researchers identify 12 new materials with potential use in solar fuels…

Bubble-recoil could be used to cool microchips, even in space

The bubbles that form on a heated surface create a tiny recoil when they leave it,…

Brain cells show teamwork in short-term memory

Nerve cells in our brains work together in harmony to store and retrieve short-term memory, and…

Study shows how skates, rays and sharks sense electrical fields

Sharks, rays and skates can hunt for prey hidden in the sandy sea floor by 'listening'…

Fighting blindness: Scientists bring a key protein into focus

Scientists have discovered how a protein called ?2?4 establishes proper vision. To study how this protein…

Cancer ‘hot spots’ in Florida may be associated with hazardous waste sites

Florida has the sixth highest number of hazardous waste sites, known as Superfund sites, in the…

New approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries

Researchers have demonstrated a new polysulfide entrapping strategy that greatly improves the cycle stability of Li-S…

Cosmic environments and their influence in star formation

Astronomers have performed an extensive study of the properties of galaxies within filaments formed at different…