Researchers at Virginia Tech and Clemson collaborate to produce robotic sensors that mimic the characteristics of plants for optimal environmental monitoring “When I started to venture into robotics a ...

Origami Solar will be the exclusive steel frame module supplier for Solx Energy’s 1GW module assembly plant in Puerto Rico. Image: Origami Solar. Solar manufacturer Solx Energy has signed a PV frame ...

image: Robert Minto, Ph.D., is an associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the School of Science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. view more INDIANAPOLIS -- Plants ...

Researchers are building a 'triterpene machine' which will enable them to custom-build valuable chemical compounds called triterpenes and produce them in large, cost-effective quantities. Following ...

Many plants naturally bend towards bright light. Now a robot has been built that copies a technique plants use to do the same thing. Creating a robot that can sense and adjust automatically to its ...

Plants produce countless kinds of compounds, also known as natural products, that the plants manufacture using the enzymes predetermined by their genetic code. Many of these natural products are very ...