Beetles packing cybernetic implants that control their brains make a cheaper and more useful micro-air-vehicle than a fully robotic one -- but due to the weight of the battery packs required, development has been slow. Now a DARPA-funded team at the University of Michigan thinks it's eliminated th... Read more...
In theory, synthetic life can be programmed to treat cancer, develop vaccines, combat climate change and create alternative fuels. Building life from scratch has been rather difficult. It took J. Craig Venter, a biologist and entrepreneur, 15 years to build the first synthetic cell made with sy... Read more...