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Despite what you might say when drunk, you’re not the best backflipper in the world. That honor belongs to a tiny little bug called a globular springtail, whose superfast backflips have now been caught on slow-motion camera for the first time.Continue … Continue reading Super-slo-mo video captures the sickest backflips in the animal kingdom
Despite what you might say when drunk, you’re not the best backflipper in the world. That honor belongs to a tiny little bug called a globular springtail, whose superfast backflips have now been caught on slow-motion camera for the first time.Continue … Continue reading Super-slo-mo video captures the sickest backflips in the animal kingdom
A full DNA computer is a step closer, thanks to a new technology that could store petabytes of data in DNA for thousands or even millions of years. The system can also process data, as demonstrated by solving sudoku puzzles.Continue ReadingCategory: Te… Continue reading DNA “computer” solves sudoku and stores millions of GB for millennia
For some time now, scientists have known that electrical stimulation speeds the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers. A thin, flexible, inexpensive new bandage delivers that healing current right to the wound site, and it’s activated … Continue reading Water-powered “electric bandage” sticks it to slow-healing wounds
Gels and glasses are on opposite ends of the material spectrum, but engineers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a new class called “glassy gels” that are both strong and flexible, as well as sticky and self-healing.Continue Readi… Continue reading New “glassy gel” materials are strangely strong, stretchy and sticky
If a soft-bodied robot uses rigid actuators to move its body, then it isn’t really soft now, is it? An experimental new caterpillar-inspired bot gets around that conundrum by using soft, collapsible origami segments to squirm and steer its way into our… Continue reading Soft caterpillar robot moves its body by origami-power
If you’re comfortable with the present green, amber, and red traffic lights, be prepared to get uncomfortable. New research suggests that adding a white light will speed up traffic and improve safety for both cars and pedestrians.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading The case for four-color traffic signals
Composite metal foams (CMFs) are intriguing materials, offering several big advantages over traditional solid metal. And while the welding of CMFs usually poses some challenges, it has now been been discovered that the use of an alternative type of wel… Continue reading Induction welding joins metal foams without cramping their style
Scientists have uncovered hints of a world of new elements beyond the periodic table. A new study has found that ancient stars may have been producing extremely heavy elements that remain unknown to science.Continue ReadingCategory: Physics, ScienceTag… Continue reading Ancient stars may have forged superheavy elements unknown to science
Researchers have taken the best genetic characteristics of the Fraser fir, arguably the most popular choice for Christmas tree, and used them to create a tree that’s taller, prettier, and – importantly – sheds only a fraction of its needles.Continue Re… Continue reading Christmas tree genetically improved for less needly mess to clean up