Biologists long have been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have solved part of the mystery of how they accomplish this feat — by activating stem cells throughout the body, not just at the…
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Underwater Robot Mimics Fish With New Fin Design
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.
Fish are able to dart quickly through the water and turn on a dime with a flick of their tail. Researchers have been trying to achieve similar results…
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CMU Collaborates on Project To Develop Future Robotic Wheelchair
November 4, 2025
Carnegie Mellon researchers will collaborate on a federally funded project to wholly rethink and redesign wheelchairs to incorporate new technologies and offer greater…
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5,500-year-old site in Jordan reveals a lost civilization’s secrets
How did early civilizations respond when their worlds fell apart? Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen believe the 5,000-year-old site of Murayghat in Jordan may reveal some clues. Their extensive excavations suggest that this Early…
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Inclusive Robotics Education Takes a Hands-On Approach
As an electrical engineering student in the 1980s and ’90s, Carlotta Berry had two experiences that helped shape her future as an educator.
First, while she studied robots, she wasn’t allowed to interact with them. “The robots were too…
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2.7-million-year-old tools reveal humanity’s first great innovation
For nearly 300,000 years, early humans shaped stone tools with precision, even as they faced constant wildfires, severe droughts, and dramatic shifts in their environment. A new study published in Nature Communications reveals astonishing…
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The Hidden Waters That Shape the Ocean – and the Climate – Environment | Weizmann Wonder Wander
We’ve gone to the bottom of the ocean to study how its chemistry shapes our planet’s climate, even chasing lava-spewing underwater volcanoes to do it. But it turns out we may have missed something far closer to home: the water beneath our…
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The Body’s Own Ozempic | Cell And Molecular Biology
In recent years, effective obesity treatments like Ozempic and Mounjaro have changed lives. These drugs mimic the effects of a hormone called GLP-1, which normally influences insulin levels and helps control…
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Humanoid Robot Olympics: Tackling Everyday Chores
I was a little disappointed by China’s World Humanoid Robot Games.1 As fun as real-life Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots is, what people really care about is robots doing their chores. This is why robot laundry-folding videos are so popular: We…
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