Collaborate Disseminate
When you view the image above, does it look like black smear in the center is expanding? If it does, that means you’re like most people – and your brain may even think that you’re entering a tunnel, adjusting your eyes accordingly.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading “Expanding hole” illusion tricks the brain into dilating the pupils
Birds regularly eat large quantities of crops, and often become accustomed to stationary devices designed to scare them away. That’s why scientists are now looking at using autonomous drones to do the job.Continue ReadingCategory: Drones, TechnologyTag… Continue reading Autonomous drones show promise for shooing birds away from crops
Riding along rough roads on a gravel bike can make your hands and arms pretty sore, pretty fast. Cane Creek’s new eeSilk handlebar stem is designed to help, by pivoting up and down to absorb vibrations.Continue ReadingCategory: Bicycles, TransportTags:… Continue reading Cane Creek’s eeSilk Stem moves vertically to smooth out rough rides
Because they feed by filtering seawater, mussels are particularly vulnerable to pollutants present within that water. According to new research, it now looks like waterborne microplastics could keep the molluscs from growing to their regular size.Conti… Continue reading Ingestion of microplastics could hamper mussel growth
3D printing typically involves depositing layers of molten plastic, laser-melting powdered metal, or using UV light to harden gelatinous resin. A new technique takes yet another approach, however, by utilizing sound waves.Continue ReadingCategory: 3D P… Continue reading New type of 3D printing uses sound waves to build up objects
It would cost a lot of money to send a boatload of marine scientists across the Atlantic Ocean, all of them conducting research along the way. That’s where the Oceanus will come in, as plans call for it to make the trip and do the job without any crew … Continue reading Plans unveiled for Oceanus long-range autonomous marine research vessel
It was just this February that we heard about the first “flight” of Candela’s C-8 electric hydrofoil. Now, the Swedish company has announced its latest model, the better-appointed P-8 Voyager.Continue ReadingCategory: Marine, TransportTags: Electric Bo… Continue reading Candela announces high-end P-8 Voyager electric hydrofoil
Back in 2020 we first heard about the Talon-A hypersonic aircraft, which would be released from the world’s largest airplane at an altitude of 35,000 ft (10,000 m). A test version of the Talon-A, called the TA-0, was unveiled this week.Continue Reading… Continue reading Stratolaunch unveils new test aircraft for hypersonic flight program
In an effort to keep the world’s coral reefs from disappearing forever, a number of reef restoration projects are currently underway … but how can scientists tell if any one of those projects is working? The answer may lie in listening to the reefs.Con… Continue reading Coral reefs’ sound signatures could be used to assess their health
Last year, scientists at Northwestern University announced a transient pacemaker that dissolves when no longer needed. They’ve now improved the device, and incorporated it into a linked suite of wearable sensors.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Scien… Continue reading Dissolving pacemaker links up with wearables to better control the heart