Origami comes to life with new shape-changing materials
Imagine opening up a book of nature photos only to see a kaleidoscope of graceful butterflies flutter out from the page.
Jul 21, 2021
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Engineering
Should planes be more like birds?
Would planes be better if they were more like birds? Engineers from the University of Bristol and the Royal Veterinary College have been studying our feathered-friends to answer this very question, the answer to which will ...
Jul 08, 2021
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Subterranean investigations: Researchers explore the shallow underground world with a burrowing soft robot
We've seen robots take to the air, dive beneath the waves and perform all sorts of maneuvers on land. Now, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Georgia Institute of Technology are exploring a new frontier: The ground beneath ...
Jun 16, 2021
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Scientists develop new type of artificial muscle inspired by DNA supercoiling
University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have mimicked the supercoiling properties of DNA to develop a new type of artificial muscle for use in miniature robot applications. Their research is published today in Science ...
Apr 28, 2021
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How to create better cities when the pandemic is over
Throughout the past year of working from home, I have gone for numerous morning, lunchtime and evening walks around my neighborhood in the Eastern parts of Lund in Sweden. My neighborhood has three dams for storing stormwater ...
Apr 16, 2021
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Fukushima: 10 years on from the disaster, was Japan's response right?
The world saw something never before caught on camera on March 12, 2011: an explosion ripping the roof off a nuclear power plant—Japan's Fukushima Daiichi. The blast wasn't actually nuclear, it was the result of hot hydrogen ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Robots that mimic the natural world
Mosquitoes on Mars, metal birds flocking like pigeons and hoverflies with your lunch. Robots are copying nature.
Nov 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers first to develop an organic battery
Researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University, have for the first time demonstrated an organic battery. It is of a type known as a 'redox flow battery," with a large capacity that can be used ...
Oct 15, 2020
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New Amazon program makes it easier to shop for sustainable, eco-friendly products
Amazon launched a new program to help make it easier for customers to discover and shop for more sustainable products.
Sep 23, 2020
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Computer pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven's dad, dies at 103
Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 103.
Aug 27, 2020
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