Swindon's flagship Festival of Tomorrow is now under way. Running until Saturday, February 21, the science and technology festival has expanded to nearly two weeks of events and activities across the ...

“The hairs on the head, body, and tail of Asian elephants are stiff from base to tip, which is what we were expecting when we found the surprising stiffness gradient of elephant trunk whiskers,” ...

A new study from an interdisciplinary German research collaboration, led by the Haptic Intelligence Department at the Max ...

Pachyderm whiskers are more flexible at the tip than the base, allowing elephants to complete delicate tasks with their incredibly strong trunks ...

Scientists have found that keratin, the protein in hair and skin, can repair and protect tooth enamel. The material forms a mineralized layer that halts decay and restores strength, outperforming ...

This is just one of the scenarios that Waymo can simulate in the “hyper realistic” virtual world that it has just created with help from Google’s DeepMind. Waymo’s World M ...

While bone is twice as tough (resists fracture), ivory has double the strength (withstands breaking completely). Ivory is ...