With August in full swing, the frenzy of summer activities starts to relax. The summer checklist is beginning to fill up ... vacation — check; summer camp — check; pool parties, sleepovers and ...

A new twist on lightweight organic materials shows promise for artificial-muscle applications. Chinese scientists spiked a crystalline organic material with a polymer to make it more flexible. They ...

Researchers have given a foil 'paper doll' the ability to move and do sit-ups with a new material called polymer covalent organic frameworks (polyCOFs). Scary movies about dolls that can move, like ...