A simple one-step process recovers more than 90% of rare earth elements (REEs) from magnets ( Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2025, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2507819122).

Filmmakers and researchers are using drones to explore an underwater mountain in Lake Superior. They want to see if Superior Shoal is a hotbed for aquatic life that could offer ...

When a robotics pioneer who has spent decades building humanoid machines recommends that you stand at least nine feet away from any full-sized walking robot, you should probably listen.

That potential was enough for Fedus and Cubuk to raise a $300 million seed fund, led by a16z along with NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, and FIRST Robotics founder Jeff Dean. Over ...

A tiny wind-powered ocean robot became the first uncrewed vessel to capture data inside a Category 5 hurricane.

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn has hinted that there's still more to Earth-X than meets the eye, and reveals why we won't necessarily see G.I. Robot rock up to start gleefully gunning down evil ...

All eight graders from the Jackson County School System had the opportunity to attend a STEM (Science, Technology, ...

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says he will rocket Optimus bots on the first Starships sent to Mars, but a leading robotics scholar ...

The Museum of Science allows visitors to interact with robot dogs and humanoid robots in its shows and story hours.

Fidget poppers are an example of "bistability," as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be ...

A separate silicone rubber layer, embedded with neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnetic particles, is bonded to the PI-PAA film. This “triple-layer sandwich” provides a powerful trifecta of responses: ...

NVIDIA launches open Newton Physics Engine and Isaac GR00T N1.6, advancing humanoid robots with simulation and AI.