Tiny, self-assembling robots can swim and clamp onto particles and then release them when subjected to the right magnetic fields.
These mini robotic doughnuts spontaneously form from metal particles floating between a layer of oil and water, and could potentially be used to manipulate chemical reactions, deliver medical treatments in the body or clean surfaces.
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Hereafter is a video of famous evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins speaking about leaf cutter ants. It's not a brand new video, but it's always interesting to hear about these fascinating ants. I hope you'll enjoy it too.

Thanks to http://www.antblog.co.uk/ for this discovery.

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Pr. Iain Couzin (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University) was recently invited to participate in the first live event of the AWE-MAGEDDON series organized by Radiolab, a popular scientific radio show on WNYC. Hereafter is an excerpt of this show where Iain Couzin introduces the work done at his lab and answer to some [...]

Iain Couzin, Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University and specialist of collective behaviours, recently answered to this interview on the website BigThink.com. The interview mixes questions about human crowds, locust plague, video games and more. The interview is available here, or can be seen below: