'Flying fish' robot can propel itself out of water and glide through the air
A bio-inspired bot uses water from the environment to create a gas and launch itself from the water's surface.
Sep 11, 2019
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Robotics
A bio-inspired bot uses water from the environment to create a gas and launch itself from the water's surface.
Sep 11, 2019
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Early detection and identification of pathogenic bacteria in food and water samples are essential to public health. Bacterial infections cause millions of deaths worldwide and bring a heavy economic burden, costing more than ...
Jul 6, 2022
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Robotics
These ancient creatures can squeeze through the tiniest cracks, fit snugly into tight spaces and survive in harsh environments: There aren't many spaces that are off-limits to an insect.
Mar 3, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In an ironic twist, a treasure trove of critical minerals is dumped out with water considered too polluted and expensive to clean.
Jan 24, 2024
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Engineering
University of Massachusetts Amherst civil and environmental engineers have determined the factors that may help identify the schools and daycare centers at greatest risk for elevated lead levels in drinking water. The most ...
Nov 30, 2023
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Robotics
In late May, NTNU researchers and students used a small satellite, an unmanned aerial vehicle, two unmanned boats and subsea robots to survey the same area simultaneously. This is an approach called an observational pyramid.
Jun 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that two seismometers at one of its three melted reactors have been out of order since last year and did not collect data when a powerful earthquake struck ...
Feb 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.
Mar 10, 2023
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Robotics
Every backyard gardener knows how hard it can be to tell when to water the plants. Multiply that by tens or hundreds of acres and it's easy to see the challenges growers face keeping their crops healthy while managing water ...
Nov 20, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
In 2017 a huge storage facility in the pores of a sandstone layer at a depth of between 1015 and 1045 meters below Berlin's Grunewald forest that had been used to temporarily store natural gas, to cover the city's fluctuating ...
Aug 24, 2020
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