Once the purview of science fiction, automatons are getting closer to reality.

Inspired by the shape-shifting skin of octopuses, Penn State researchers developed a smart hydrogel that can change ...

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Google-spinoff Waymo is in the midst of expanding its self-driving car fleet into new regions. Waymo touts more than 200 million miles of driving that informs how the vehicles navigate roads, but the ...

The Waymo World Model can also take real-world dashcam footage and transform it into a simulated environment, for the “highest degree of realism and factuality” in virtual testing, the company says.