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Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans

Flexible robotic skin brings sense of touch to robots

Elizabeth Blackert, a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on the study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems

Laser beams power and guide soft robotic arm

Study models biomass efficiency in a nutshell

Comment: Making EV batteries more affordable

Clay shows promise for carbon capture

WPI student researchers in advanced manufacturing lab

Project to harness AI and additive for viable parts from scrap

From left to right: Professor Keith Ryden, James Whitfield, Astha Astha, Dr Keiran Clifford, project leader Dr Noelia Noël and Luca Ferrian

Surrey teams work to take the shine off satellites

This image combines time-lapsed photos to show ‘metashells’ leaping into the air from a snowy surface

Viscoelastic metashells jump on a preset timer

Artist's impression of a lunar Max space habitation

The technologies that will underpin a sustainable long-term future in space

Harris Tweed adopts additive to avert looming crisis

Panels coated with the new composite absorb moisture at night and release it during the day for passive cooling.

Acrylate cooling material boosts solar cell efficiency

Comment: Data can help unlock lithium recycling