The soft robot, named Acer i-Seed, is inspired by natural Acer seeds and can monitor the temperature of the soil by becoming luminescent. It is made of a biocompatible and compostable material, and it ...

With the increasing emphasis on brain health and the prevention of neurodegenerative diseases, nervonic acid, as an important functional fatty acid, is becoming more widely used in the health food, ...

(Nanowerk News) A new kind of artificial seed to sense environmental parameters without impacting on the health of environment is the invention coming from the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia ...