High-speed images capture archer fish’s rocket-like launch
Insights into the hydrodynamics of the move may improve underwater vehicle design.
Taking a leap in bioinspired robotics
Mechanical engineer Sangbae Kim builds animal-like machines for use in disaster response.
Lincoln Laboratory lends a 3-D-printed hand
Researchers improve the designs for low-cost 3-D-printed arms and hands.
Seeing nature through a molecular engineer’s eye
Alfredo Alexander-Katz probes systems in action, from clotting blood to walking molecules.
Scientists illuminate a hidden regulator in gene transcription
New super-resolution technique visualizes important role of short-lived enzyme clusters.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
Getting a grip on robotic grasp
New wrist-mounted device augments the human hand with two robotic fingers.