Extremely large electric fields can prevent umbrella-shaped ammonia molecules from inverting.

New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.

Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, robots can self-assemble to form various structures with applications including disaster relief.

Materials could be useful for delivering drugs or imaging agents in the body; may offer alternative to some industrial plastics.

Physicists simulate critical “reheating” period that kickstarted the Big Bang in the universe’s first fractions of a second.

Study finds even the tallest ice cliffs should support their own weight rather than collapsing catastrophically.

An algorithm speeds up the planning process robots use to adjust their grip on objects, for picking and sorting, or tool use.

The X-ray-focusing lens used in the experiment is based on a design used in lighthouses for centuries.

Specialized sugar molecules called glycans can disarm opportunistic pathogens and prevent infection.

New technique could enable assembly of circuit boards and displays with more minute components.