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Foraging pangolins already dig in the dirt, so why not get them planting trees while they’re at it? Well, training them would be pretty hard, which is why a California high school student named Dorothy designed a pangolin-inspired robot to do the diggi… Continue reading Pangolin-inspired robot poops tree seeds into holes it digs
Current evidence suggests many organisms will struggle to keep pace with a changing climate on Earth. However, unlucky for humans, some pathogens will not just adapt but thrive, including, as this new study suggests, the bugs that cause the common diar… Continue reading Another climate change surprise for us: More diarrhea
Diabetes patients who are sick of daily insulin shots may soon only have to inject themselves once a week. A year-long phase three clinical trial has shown that a weekly form of the hormone is just as effective in managing the disease as the daily form… Continue reading Weekly insulin dose aces phase 3 trials for easier diabetes management
Researchers have created a paint containing living cyanobacteria that produces oxygen and can capture carbon dioxide. The bacteria’s ability to withstand extreme environments means this novel paint could be used in a range of applications, including ou… Continue reading ‘Green living paint’ produces oxygen and captures carbon dioxide
In 2022, England spent £1.2 billion (about US$1.5 billion) repairing potholes. That’s no insignificant sum of money – and lord knows what they’ve cost the country as a result of an estimated 5,000 pothole-related accident injuries that have happened si… Continue reading Inside the UK project that hopes to put an end to potholes
When someone is using antipsychotic drugs, it is vitally important that they take the correct dosage, and that they don’t abruptly stop taking the medication. Soon, a fingerprint sweat test could be used to check that such people are following instruct… Continue reading Fingertip sweat could be used for kinder, gentler drug compliance testing
The machinery at municipal recycling facilities often gets jammed up with the adhesives which are utilized on items such as jar labels and cardboard boxes. That may cease to be the case in the not-too-distant future, however, thanks to a new degradable… Continue reading Degradable adhesive could boost recycling by sticking it to stickiness
Imagine if there were a robotic fish that filtered microplastic particles out of the water as it swam. Well, now there is one, and it’s the physical version of the winning concept in the first-ever Natural Robotics Contest.Continue ReadingCategory: Rob… Continue reading Student-designed plastic-gulping fish wins bioinspired robotics contest
DNA is known to mutate regularly, for better or worse, driving both evolution and disease. Researchers at the University of Surrey have now found evidence that some of these spontaneous mutations could be caused by the spooky realm of quantum mechanics… Continue reading Quantum tunneling could drive random DNA mutations, says new study
A study investigating the impact of vitamin D on gene expression has found significant differences between vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 supplements. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Immunology, indicate vitamin D3 may be more effective … Continue reading One type of vitamin D found to boost immune system, another may hinder it