Walking into your favorite restaurant and seeing a robot chef in the kitchen may seem far-fetched, but new research suggests that bots could be a solution to persistent labor shortages in the industry.

Engineers have developed a pioneering prosthetic hand that can grip plush toys, water bottles, and other everyday objects like a human, carefully conforming and adjusting its grasp to avoid damaging or mishandling whatever it holds.

The beloved Australian lyrebird best known for its stunning tail and powers of mimicry may have a cunning hidden talent.

A groundbreaking study shows that creativity plays an essential role in academic success, suggesting that students who think outside the box are more likely to excel in literacy and numeracy assessments.

The discovery of new exoplanets can help scientists understand how planets form and evolve.

Researchers are working to move cold atom quantum experiments and applications from the laboratory tabletop to chip-based systems.

Psychosocial stress during pregnancy could lead to higher blood pressure during the first year postpartum according to new research.

Scientists examined the bitterness intensity of five medicines and two bitter modifiers in 338 adults of European descent and recent US and Canadian immigrants from Asia, South Asia, and Africa. Bitterness ratings differed by ancestry for two of the five drugs and the effectiveness of some modifiers. They also found genetic variants that explain some population differences in reaction to bitter tastes.

Researchers have demonstrated that multicolored stickers applied to stop or speed limit signs on the roadside can ‘confuse’ self-driving vehicles, causing unpredictable and possibly hazardous operations.

The puzzle of predicting how three gravitationally bound bodies move in space has challenged mathematicians for centuries, and has most recently been popularized in the novel and television show ‘3 Body Problem.’ There’s no problem, however, with what a team of researchers say is likely a stable trio of icy space rocks in the solar system’s Kuiper Belt.