Tag: Explosion

  • Nation & World

    Robots with lift

    Using small explosions produced by a mix of methane and oxygen, researchers at Harvard have designed a soft robot that can leap as much as a foot in the air. That ability to jump could one day prove critical in allowing the robots to avoid obstacles during search and rescue operations.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Microbes to the rescue

    Study says microbes may consume far more gaseous waste from gulf oil spill than previously believed.

    3 minutes