An autonomous vehicle expert explains how Tesla’s Autopilot works, what prompted US authorities to investigate the system and what changes might be in store for the company.

Small cities in China show the way forward for electric vehicle travel.

A researcher who studies physical skills explains how getting your conscious thoughts out of the way lets your body do what it knows how to do, better.

The way "micro-swimmers" mimic rock climbers navigate could shed light on how bacteria move in the body and could lead to new ways to deliver drugs.

Research into how chronic inflammation promotes muscle fibrosis could lead to new therapies for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a fatal disease.

Motors first designed for the International Space Station can help people using prosthetic legs to walk with a more natural gait, researchers say.

Researchers have mapped the brain mechanisms that drive movement in grooming fruit flies. That could help fight Parkinson's disease and OCD.

Sleep may allow birds learning to sing to remember the useful things they learned during the day, and forget what's not important.

A Fitbit-like device for kids could spot motor deficits before they turn into significant and irreversible disabilities, researchers say.