The robot's flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris ...

The flexible arms that extend from the robot's body are equipped with gecko-like adhesive pads that are designed to mimic the reptile's ability to cling to surfaces, which could, in turn ...

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When Japanese engineer Eiji Nakatsu was designing the new 500-series Shinkansen bullet train in the 1990s, he was looking for ...

The robot's flexible arms are a technology demonstration that could one day aid in satellite maintenance and space debris ...

These tiny, cube-shaped robots have arrived in space The flexible arms that extend from the robot's body are equipped with gecko-like adhesive pads that are designed to mimic the reptile's ability ...

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Repeated attempts to send over $360,000-worth of native lizards from Australia to Hong Kong using the postal service has ...

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Scotch tape is great for wrapping presents — and for science, too. With some Scotch tape and a little creativity, it’s possible to create sheets of diamond up to five centimeters wide and as ...