Apart from carrying the information to encode proteins in, RNA molecules can adopt intricate 2D and 3D structures. Specifically, the same RNA molecule can switch between ON and OFF structures, ...

Finding new materials with useful properties is a primary goal for materials scientists, and it's central to improving ...

A s they came to understand the mathematics of 2D soft cells, the mathematicians began to realize that the shapes existed beyond their sketches and notes. “They were right under our noses ...

Mori3's triangular, modular design allows it to fuse with its companions, and could one day make it into space. By Andrew Paul Published Jun 13, 2023 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

The real issue was could you build a system that could transition radically from one shape to another very, very different shape without the whole thing coming apart,” Weisshaar explains. Using a ...

A spider-inspired robot called mCLARI weighs less than a gram and could one day be deployed to aid first responders following a natural disaster or help out in surgery.