If you thought we've discovered all that there was to discover, you are about change your opinion. Based on a previous research by Norman Yao at the University of California, Berkeley, a team of scientists has developed a completely new phase of matter known as time crystals. As their name suggests, these crystals are unique…
A team of Harvard scientists have created the world's tiniest radio receiver using components about the size of two atoms. Made from an assortment of microscopic defects in pink diamonds, the contraption can weather extreme environmental conditions, making it suitable for use on hostile planets, like Venus. What's more, its biocompatible and is therefore safe…
Scientists from Harvard University have designed the world's very first autonomous soft robot. Dubbed as the octobot, the innovative automaton integrates the latest advances in mechanical engineering, 3D printing and microfluidics. The breakthrough, the researchers believe, could usher in an entire generation of soft, untethered machines that are capable of moving on their own. Given…
Meet the winner of the 2015 Design of the Year award. Developed by scientists Donald Ingber and Dan Dongeun Huh, from Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, the Human Organs-on-Chips are a family of tiny, yet incredibly advanced, contraptions that could one day obliterate the horrors of animal drug testing. Despite its small size,…