Bacteria-scale robots that can run for months without human control are no longer a lab fantasy. Researchers have now built ...

Gears have powered the world for millennia, from clock machines to car engines. But miniaturizing them to microscopic dimensions has stumped engineers for decades. Anything under one-tenth of a ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable ...

Scientists have created the world's smallest programmable robots. These microscopic machines swim in liquids and can sense temperature changes. They operate for months using only light for power. This ...

In the 1960s, most computers took up an entire room. Faster computers now find themselves on the wrists of people all over the world. As devices get smaller, humanity seems to be on track to create ...

Imagine a world where you could move objects with your mind, cure cancer with microscopic machines, or even live to be 1,000 years old. The future of science is breathtaking but terrifying. While some ...

It takes a lot of machinery to keep oneself alive – tiny, microscopic machines allow us to move muscles, think thoughts, build our bodies. If we had to keep all those machines on-hand, 24/7, we’d be ...

IBM, long known for its computers and microchips, has developed new kinds of machines for wireless phones: microscopic frequency tuners and other devices that fit on a chip. The company's researchers ...

In 30 or 40 years, we'll have microscopic machines traveling through our bodies, repairing damaged cells and organs, effectively wiping out diseases. The nanotechnology will also be used to back up ...

The research explains how random fluctuations affect the operation of microscopic machines like this tiny motor. In the future, such devices could be incorporated into other technologies to recycle ...