Collaborate Disseminate
While it’s possible to 3D-print plastic or metal items, printing single items made of both materials is still quite difficult. Scientists have developed a new method of doing so, however, that could lead to increased production of fully functional 3D-p… Continue reading Hybrid 3D printing tech produces plastic-metal items
Just like us, crop plants are subject to bacterial infections. And while antibiotics are often used to kill those microbes, compounds extracted from fly larva fat may prove to be a more eco-friendly alternative.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: An… Continue reading Fly fat extract eradicates crop-killing bacteria
Many people don’t like the thought of delivery drones buzzing up to their doorstep, with their propellers whirling dangerously close. The RDS1 setup was designed with that in mind, as it drops packages – in free-fall – but doesn’t let them hit the grou… Continue reading Drone delivery system drops packages from 150 feet – on a tether
The Tasmanian devil is so called because it’s only found in the wild on the island of Tasmania. But now, conservationists have reintroduced a population to mainland Australia for the first time in thousands of years.Continue ReadingCategory: Environmen… Continue reading Tasmanian devils roam mainland Australia for first time in 3,000 years
Wildlife smugglers do their best to conceal the path of their stolen goods. But what if those goods weren’t actually wildlife, but a disguised GPS tracker that revealed exactly where it had been taken instead? This is the approach being pursued by one … Continue reading GPS-equipped decoy eggs reveal wildlife smuggling routes in Costa Rica
The pursuit of early-stage cancer screening methods that are both low-cost and non-invasive is a common goal among medical researchers, and a team in Australia is claiming a significant advance in this area. The team has developed a breath test that ca… Continue reading Cancer breath test detects 80 percent of cases in early trial
Having put hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered trucks to the test around ports in Los Angeles over the past few years, Toyota has now announced plans to take the technology further afield. The Japanese auto giant has teamed up with truck subsidiary Hino to deve… Continue reading Toyota and Hino team up on hydrogen fuel cell truck for North America
Scientists have successfully extracted DNA from insects trapped in amber. But before you start dreaming of a certain park, there’s one huge caveat to mention – any creatures you might revive from this would hail from the not-so-distant past of about 20… Continue reading Scientists successfully extract insect DNA from amber – from 2014
One of the nice things about reading electronic text is the fact that if there’s a word you don’t understand, you can just highlight it to perform a Google search. Well, a device called the Googstick is designed to do the same thing for paper-printed t… Continue reading Googstick lets users select and search printed text
Last year, we reported on the Noyer, which, like all Minimaliste’s tiny houses, is built to handle extremes in heat and cold. The Canadian firm has now unveiled an updated take on the model with the Noyer V4. Its owner is an engineer who’s used to livi… Continue reading Hardy tiny house offers extra living space and a whole lot of storage