Plants might not seem like the most exciting thing to model robots after, but they could make for high-tech decorations or house plants that look after themselves. Now, a team of Italian researchers ...

About 400 years ago, a cross between cabernet franc and sauvignon blanc gave birth to cabernet sauvignon. Today, cabernet ...

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A slender, vine-like robotic arm snakes around objects using technology based on osmosis. Some plants anchor themselves by twining tendrils around neighbouring structures. Control of these tendrils is ...

Call them muscadines or scuppernongs, our native grape vines are inspirational in their ecological versatility. Whether you wrap food in their edible young leaves, snack on their thick-skinned fruits, ...