Emerging Technologies

It’s a bizarre sight: With a short burst of light, a sponge-shaped robot scoots across a tiled surface. Flipped on...

A host of tech startups are racing to build brain implants, but there may be limits to how widely such...

RoboticsThis Robot Only Needs a Single AI Model to Master Humanlike MovementsWill Knight | Wired"The new Atlas work is a...

The annual clock of the seasons—winter, spring, summer, autumn—is often taken as a given. But our new study in Nature,...

Cancer puts up a formidable defense. As cancer cells grow, they pump out molecules that weaken and confuse attacking immune...

Fragile quantum states might seem incompatible with the messy world of biology. But researchers have now coaxed cells to produce...

Artificial IntelligenceThe AI Spending Frenzy Is Propping Up the Real Economy, TooLydia DePillis | The New York Times"Companies will spend...

You might have noticed that humanoid robots are having a bit of a moment. From Tesla’s Optimus to Figure AI’s...

A heavily modified pig lung survived for 216 hours inside a brain-dead human recipient. Reported in Nature Medicine, it’s the...

The idea of beaming solar power down from space might sound like science fiction, but it’s being taken seriously by...