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Sawdust super sponge soaks up oil spills
The sawmill waste that's sometimes tossed onto home garage floors to soak up oil spilled by amateur mechanics,…
Soft robot picks ripest tomato with human touch
Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid.…
Giant planet struck by winds of rubies and sapphires
Signs of powerful changing winds have been detected on a planet 16 times larger than Earth, over 1000 light years…
Galileo: Europe’s own satnav goes live
Seventeen years and more than €10bn ($11bn) later, Europe's Galileo satnav system is set to go live on Thursday,…
Google data to be stored within Cuba
Data for Google services will be stored in Cuba, under a deal announced this week between the company and the Cuban…
Greater access to services lifts Kenyans out of poverty
Since 2008, MIT economist Tavneet Suri has studied the financial and social impacts of Kenyan mobile-money…
Understanding the ‘perfect storm’
With the number and variety of species gradually diminishing toward the poles, biodiversity on earth is greatest in…
Put your hands together for more affordable prosthetics
A functional prosthetic hand that can be used to grip, write and even catch a ball was created through a 3D printer…
Diabetes leads to blood favoring placenta in fetus
Mothers with diabetes will find that their blood flows preferentially to the placenta instead of the brain in…
Are the reindeer on weight watchers?
Santa’s sleigh might need a bit of extra help when it comes to pulling it along in the sky this year, as…