According to a new study published in Nature, researchers at the University of Washington have developed small, wireless sensors that can travel on the wind, much like dandelion seeds can. Researchers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engineers across the globe are champing at the bit to make tiny robots. Once things get small, size scales blend together, but ...

A gliding sensor inspired by Javan cucumber seeds could be used for environmental monitoring, and then quickly biodegrade, leaving no waste behind. Ecologists routinely use sensors to collect data on ...