A textured surface mimics a lotus leaf to move drops of liquid in particular directions. The low-cost system could be used in portable medical or environmental tests.


A textured surface mimics a lotus leaf to move drops of liquid in particular directions. The low-cost system could be used in portable medical or environmental tests.

Seven identical robots created and built at the 91̽»¨will be flown to campuses across the country, where they will provide the first common research platform to develop the future of surgical robotics. The robots will be display Friday at an open house.

Editor’s note: Each year the summer academy hosts a premier of the students’ animated short films.

A group at the 91̽»¨ has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone.