Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An anthrobot is shown, depth colored, with a corona of cilia that provides locomotion for the bot. Xenobots—a new classification ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioTools Innovator, a new program focused on accelerating life science tools and diagnostics, today announced Machine Bio as the grand prize winner of the first BioTools ...

Machine Bio, Inc., a biotechnology startup from Claremont, CA, has been selected to receive up to $500,000 in grant funding through the Technology in Space Prize in partnership with the MassChallenge ...

Two days ago, I told you about how plant cells could control robots, and today, I want to introduce you to how biology has inspired perceptive machines. The goal of the EU-funded SenseMaker project is ...

Bio-machine hybrid robots (BHRs) represent a new generation of micro-aerial vehicles that be controlled by building an interface between biological and artificial systems. In contrast to conventional ...

U.S. researchers say they've developed tiny robots that are half animal, half machine, powered by actual muscle tissue activated by electric current. When a current is applied to their ...

Engineers from the bioengineering department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have combined muscle cells with electrical pulses to move and control a tiny 3D printed robot. Engineers ...

Never before have biology and silicon been so well positioned to interact in a way that will unlock new forms of innovation. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said that biology will undoubtedly fuel ...

Novel agents for chronic inflammatory skin conditions are reshaping treatment pathways, with promising results in atopic dermatitis and chronic spontaneous urticaria. Oncodermatology is evolving with ...

The Variable Gravity Machine (VGM) is a SABL insert that supports a wide variety of research in the life, physical, and material sciences aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The VGM allows ...