The new metamaterials can learn to take on any shape – here, they have learned the letters that spell ‘learn’, or in Dutch: ‘leren’. In a new Nature Physics publication, University of Amsterdam ...

University of Amsterdam scientists have created metamaterials that can autonomously learn, store, and adapt shapes without a central processor. Built from chains of motorized hinges that share ...

It's hard to think back that far! Scientific research has shown that learning to read changes the way our brains work. Not ...

Nuri Jeong remembers the feeling of surprise she felt during a trip back to South Korea, while visiting her grandmother, who'd been grappling with Alzheimer's disease. "I hadn't seen her in six years, ...

Formless 'slime' robots that shape-change to complete complex tasks – it sounds like science fantasy. However, MIT researchers have developed a machine-learning technique that brings shape-changing ...