The sparrow robot is able to pick up unpackaged items to sort them at Amazon's BOS27 Robotics Innovation Hub in Westborough, Massachusetts on November 10, 2022. - Nothing is a matter of chance at ...

An oil-soluble dye reveals how liquid magnets rotate when exposed to a magnetic field. Image Credit: Xubo Liu, Berkeley National Lab Share Scientists have always loved fiddling with the laws of ...

We dropped a magnet into the water expecting the usual scrap metal and bottle caps. What we pulled out instead left us stunned: luxury items, electronics, and even something dangerous. This magnet ...

We were magnet fishing under the bridge when flashing lights appeared behind us. The officers didn’t look amused apparently, our setup looked a lot more suspicious than it was. By the end, things got ...

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Robot vacuums have become ubiquitous over the past few years, in the sense that there are more options to choose from now than ever before. In their early years, you'd have to dish out $500 or more to ...

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The situation between Mars and Neptune recalls how growth happens at the limit. The point where you’re challenged, stretched or even fatigued is something to aim for because the “muscle” (literal or ...

In 1963, Fred Vine, Drummond Matthews, and others found that the crust surrounding the midocean ridges showed alternating bands -- each band magnetized with a polarity opposite the surrounding bands.