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In many arid coastal regions, a great quantity of valuable fresh water is lost into the atmosphere every day, as it evaporates from the surface of the ocean. This situation prompted scientists to create a new hydrogel that’s highly effective … Continue reading Hydrogel uses sunlight to harvest fresh water from the sea
Among other things, trained dogs are capable of sniffing out bombs, locating buried survivors at disaster sites, assisting the physically challenged, and performing other important duties. They can’t, however, always see or hear their handler… Continue reading Haptic vest guides working dogs by remote control
Ah, eggshells … they could already find use in eco-friendly rubber, carbon capture, ceramics, biodegradable packaging, and energy storage. Now, new research shows that the ubiquitous form of food waste may also be utilized to grow bone… Continue reading Eggshells found to boost the growth of cultured bone
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be a very difficult condition to diagnose, particularly in young children. Previously, we’ve seen technology intended to detect it by “reading” kids’ faces. A new system, however, also gets children to read … Continue reading Autism-detection tech watches kids as they watch faces
Looking for impurities in drinking water or other liquids typically involves chemical analysis, which may be time-consuming. Now, however, scientists have created an inexpensive system in which light – that’s converted to sound – is used to i… Continue reading Laser "pinging" shows promise for fast and cheap water testing
A couple of years ago we heard about the MOlecular Solar Thermal (MOST) system, in which solar energy is stored in a liquid medium, then later released as heat. Now, the technology has been applied to a clear film that could be applied to the… Continue reading Cooling/heating window film captures and releases solar energy
Fans of the movie Prometheus will recall the probes that were sent into the alien structure, autonomously flying through it to create a 3D map of its interior. Well, something kind of similar is now in development, in the form of an underwate… Continue reading Underwater robot made to map and search abandoned mines
Although biometric face-recognition security tech is now becoming quite common on devices such as smartphones, it does still require a lot of processing power. In the not-too-distant future, however, the same purpose could be served by an integrated piece of analog glass.
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Continue Reading Your smartphone’s analog glass may one day recognize your face
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Continue reading Your smartphone's analog glass may one day recognize your face
It was back in 2011 that Britain’s Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) debuted its Mono single-seat street-legal high-performance sports car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. At this year’s event BAC has taken things further, with the “more adva… Continue reading Lighter, more powerful BAC Mono R unveiled at Goodwood
The now-extinct megalodon was the largest predatory shark to ever live, while the great white is currently the largest of the predatory sharks. It now turns out that both fish likely descended from a small, flat shark that skulked along the seabed.
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Continue Reading Great white shark’s teeth link it to a humble, flat-bodied ancestor
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Continue reading Great white shark's teeth link it to a humble, flat-bodied ancestor