Engineering

An engineer measured the jumping height and jumps per minute of several mammals before finding the ideal model for a robot that can better maneuver through disaster zones

The Endless Runway Project poses a futuristic vision that the Netherlands Aerospace Center argues would allow aircraft to land and take off in any direction but the reality would be much different

DARPA is developing microscopic chips to help crack down on knockoff parts destined for weapons and satellite systems

You can't carry everything you need from Earth, so researchers made 3-D–printed shapes with mocked-up Mars dust

Archival mid-century footage could help physicists certify the safety and effectiveness of modern U.S. nuclear weapons

Lisa Klein, from the materials science and engineering department at Rutgers University, commented on the March for Science at an April 21 talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.

Chemists will navigate molecular wagons along a tiny golden track

A new technique lets 3D printers create objects made of glass, which has optical and material advantages over traditional polymer.

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on April 19, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

Scientists have found a way to pull water from the air using only energy from the sun

Most people struggle at the job we ask passport officers to do

The pollution coming out of your tailpipe could be recycled into high-quality ink according to a group of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The mushroom cloud from the 22,000-pound air-blast bomb was meant to send a clear message