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Air-actuated soft robots behave like human muscles
An EPFL team is developing soft, flexible and reconfigurable robots. Air-actuated, they behave like human…
The Big Apple or the Big Bobbing Apple?
New York City can expect 9ft. floods, as intense as that produced by 2012's Superstorm Sandy, at least three times…
Stronger silk produced by feeding silkworms graphene
A team of researchers at Tsinghua University in China has found that adding graphene or carbon nanotubes to the…
The motorcycle of the future is here, and it’s self-balancing
The motorcycle of the future is so safe riders can cruise without helmet—all of the thrills with none of the…
Daisy-chain-like molecular structures mimic muscle behavior
Interlocking daisy-chain-like molecular structures that can switch from an expanded and contracted position based…
Nearby star Proxima Centauri has regular starspots
In August astronomers announced that the nearby star Proxima Centauri hosts an Earth-sized planet (called Proxima…
AI computer is self-learning: The end of Moore’s law?
A neuro-inspired analog computer that has the ability to train itself to become better at whatever tasks it…
Supercapacitor uses no conductive carbon
Energy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be…
Staring into the void: Spiral galaxy mystery in The Whale
This Hubble image shows the central region of a spiral galaxy known as NGC 247. NGC 247 is a relatively small…
Blood runs thicker than water, but how strong is it?
Bleeding disorders could one day be diagnosed by putting platelets through strength tests, researchers have…