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Plastics are probably the most widespread artificial material in the world, mainly due to the low price and incredible versatility which led to a rapid expansion of plastic compounds in almost all industry areas.However, there's one problem. The same characteristics that made plastic so popular today are the m... |
3 July 2007
08:20 GMT |
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A new robot using a brain similar to that of a rat, with artificial neurons, actually behaves like the real thing. This behavior is partly induced by the control software, also inspired by the actions of the real animal.The robot was built by Alfredo Weitzenfeld, a roboticist at the ITAM technical institute in Mexic... |
5 July 2007
04:17 GMT |
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A new technology helps scientists know what's happening inside fermentation processes, like those that produce beer, but also pharmaceuticals, without sticking their fingers inside the product. This new acoustic method can improve the quality of the finished product.Beer is produced in large tanks, where large... |
5 July 2007
09:48 GMT |
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The electronics industry is involved in a continuous race to make today's TV screens and cell phones more efficient, cheaper and of a higher quality. LCDs are one of the most popular types of commercially available displays, but a newcomer is about to challenge their position.Weijia Wen and colleagues at the Ho... |
6 July 2007
05:52 GMT |
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Nanotechnology is full of surprises and new applications are discovered every day. One of the most unusual is the recent experiment of a team of scientists who were able to make a magnet change the color of a liquid, turning it from coffee-brown to orange, then green and finally dark blue.The liquid is actually a so... |
6 July 2007
09:02 GMT |
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That's exactly what a scientist is doing: she digs for platinum. In fact, she's not even digging, she's just searching for the precious metal in the dust on the roads and she estimates many kilograms of platinum are being sprayed onto streets and roads each year.Platinum comes from an unexpected sourc... |
6 July 2007
09:47 GMT |
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In 1925, Albert Einstein predicted the existence of the atom laser, a completely different type of laser, but until now, no one could actually build one, so it was considered almost a practical impossibility. For the first time, a team of Italian scientists managed to create such a device.The word Laser is an acrony... |
7 July 2007
03:46 GMT |
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Robotic applications like those seen in the sci-fi movies will soon become a reality, as future robots could take over some human professions, like low-tech construction workers, medical nurses, doing the chores for people or helping them in extreme environments.The latest development in that direction is the Eurobo... |
7 July 2007
06:03 GMT |
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A new prototype robot will mimic the shape-shifting swifts, the most agile flying birds in the world and will infiltrate their flocks to spy on them with miniature cameras. There is hope that they will go unnoticed by real birds.Swifts (Apus apus) are some of the most efficient birds when it comes to active flying (... |
9 July 2007
02:49 GMT |
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No, the famous show "Pimp My Ride" hasn't moved from MTV to the nanoscale, but scientists have succeeded in producing the first nanoscale rims that look like the real deal. Though they are not likely to be mounted on miniature cars anytime soon, they will still find applications in nanocomposite materials.Scien... |
9 July 2007
03:33 GMT |
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