A robot that can build copies of itself has been built by researchers in the US. The robot is a modular system, made up of a number of individual cubes that can swivel around a diagonal axis and ...

It might soon be easy to build living robots — because they'll build themselves. New Scientist reports Harvard University, Tufts University and University of Vermont researchers have learned that ...

I have always been very interested in building objects and creating robots, but who isn't? Robots are the coolest. I've always thought they were great and wanted to work on them, but it took me a ...

New research has revealed that the world's largest radio telescope, located in China, could potentially spot self-replicating probes launched by a distant intelligent alien civilization, should they ...

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, where he introduced the concept of the "universal constructor." The theory ...

An artist’s impression of a self-replicating nano robot – it has been proposed that similar machines could be used to colonise Mars Credit: Photo: science photo library When René Descartes went to ...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - A new invasive and self-reproducing tick has been found in Maine. Researchers with the University of Maine say they’ve confirmed the presence of the Asian longhorned tick for the ...