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ScienceDaily: Top Science News
ScienceDaily: Top Science News |
- Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
- Chimps can use gestures to communicate in hunt for food
- One step at a time, researchers learning how humans walk
- Fighting flies: Brain cells promote fighting in male fruit flies
- Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up
| Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before Posted: 17 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. Engineers have developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the first synthetic structures that can traverse the viscous fluids of biological environments on their own.  |
| Chimps can use gestures to communicate in hunt for food Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST Chimpanzees are capable of using gestures to communicate as they pursue specific goals, such as finding a hidden piece of food, according to a new study.  |
| One step at a time, researchers learning how humans walk Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST Humans and some of our hominid ancestors such as Homo erectus have been walking for more than a million years, and researchers are close to figuring out how we do it. The research could find some of its earliest applications in improved prosthetic limbs, and later on, a more complete grasp of these principles could lead to walking or running robots that are far more agile and energy-efficient than anything that exists today.  |
| Fighting flies: Brain cells promote fighting in male fruit flies Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST According to the latest studies from a fly laboratory, male Drosophilae, commonly known as fruit flies, fight more than their female counterparts because they have special cells in their brains that promote fighting. These cells appear to be absent in the brains of female fruit flies.  |
| Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST Using a plant-derived chemical, researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels.  |
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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News
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- Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before
- Highly efficient broadband terahertz radiation from metamaterials
- Energy storage in miniaturized capacitors may boost green energy technology
- Smooth sailing: Rough surfaces that can reduce drag
- Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up
- Airport screening queues: Calculating waiting time at security control
- Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up
- Biomedical engineer pursues development of five-dimensional imaging technology
- 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research
| Tiny swimming bio-bots boldly go where no bot has swum before Posted: 17 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. Engineers have developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim like sperm, the first synthetic structures that can traverse the viscous fluids of biological environments on their own.  |
| Highly efficient broadband terahertz radiation from metamaterials Posted: 17 Jan 2014 04:13 PM PST Scientists have demonstrated broadband terahertz wave generation using metamaterials. The discovery may help develop noninvasive imaging and sensing, and make possible terahertz-speed information communication, processing and storage.  |
| Energy storage in miniaturized capacitors may boost green energy technology Posted: 17 Jan 2014 12:36 PM PST "Supercapacitors" take the energy-storing abilities of capacitors (which store electrical charge that can be quickly dumped to power devices) a step further, storing a far greater charge in a much smaller package. Researchers have now described the possibility of fabricating a new class of high heat-tolerant electronics that would employ supercapacitors made from a material called calcium-copper-titanate, or CCTO, which the researchers have identified for the first time as a practical energy-storage material.  |
| Smooth sailing: Rough surfaces that can reduce drag Posted: 17 Jan 2014 12:36 PM PST From the sleek hulls of racing yachts to Michael Phelps' shaved legs, most objects that move through the water quickly are smooth. But researchers have found that bumpiness can sometimes be better. They modeled the fluid flow between two surfaces covered with tiny ridges and found that even in turbulent conditions the rough surface reduced the drag created by the friction of flowing water.  |
| Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:06 AM PST A new carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up water contaminants, such as fertilizers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, is more than three times more efficiently than previous efforts.  |
| Airport screening queues: Calculating waiting time at security control Posted: 17 Jan 2014 06:04 AM PST Thermal imaging cameras at airports could calculate queues and check-in times better than systems that make estimates using Bluetooth and WiFi on passengers' mobiles.  |
| Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up Posted: 16 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST Using a plant-derived chemical, researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels.  |
| Biomedical engineer pursues development of five-dimensional imaging technology Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:29 AM PST An American biomedical engineering is leading an effort to develop a new type of X-ray scanner that is an unprecedented five dimensional technology. In this work, he will combine three separately developed technologies into one synergistic imaging system that will improve aspects of personalized medicine and help with early disease screening.  |
| 'Standing on a comet': Rosetta mission will contribute to space weather research Posted: 16 Jan 2014 08:27 AM PST A comet-bound spacecraft that's been in sleep mode for more than two years is scheduled to wake up on the morning of Jan. 20 -— beginning the home stretch of its decade-long journey to a mile-wide ball of rock, dust and ice.  |
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ScienceDaily: Computers and Internet News
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| Early warning: Internet surveillance predicts disease outbreak Posted: 17 Jan 2014 07:40 AM PST The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease epidemic.  |
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ScienceDaily: Consumer Electronics News
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| Energy storage in miniaturized capacitors may boost green energy technology Posted: 17 Jan 2014 12:36 PM PST "Supercapacitors" take the energy-storing abilities of capacitors (which store electrical charge that can be quickly dumped to power devices) a step further, storing a far greater charge in a much smaller package. Researchers have now described the possibility of fabricating a new class of high heat-tolerant electronics that would employ supercapacitors made from a material called calcium-copper-titanate, or CCTO, which the researchers have identified for the first time as a practical energy-storage material.  |
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