A researcher in the United States says that exploring other planets and moons could be made easier by using swarms of robots that can literally hop on the surface of these celestial bodies. Hopping and bouncing are excellent ideas for exploring these locations on account of their low gravity.
Mars and the Moon, for... |
16 May 2012
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Caves beneath the surface of Mars are among the most promising places for conducting surveys in search of extraterrestrial life that may have existed there in the past. Searching them would go a lot easier if astronomers could use swarms of robots for the job, analysts say. The most important thing to keep in mind wh... |
22 March 2011
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Research scientists from the Arizona State University traveled around the world, to the most isolate places on the planet, to determine what is it exactly that triggers the swarming behavior in locusts. The creatures can produce massive damages to crops and trees, and so figuring out how to stop them is essential for... |
10 November 2010
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For many years, scientists have been trying to figure out what is it that drives locust swarms in their devastating migrations. When this happens, crops and other vegetation is at tremendous risk, as the insects appear to have an insatiable appetite. But, despite experts' best efforts, no clear solutions to the ... |
27 July 2010
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In many movies and books, we are shown that each time someone inadvertently hits a bee hive, than all of the members of that colony will begin to swarm, unleashing their full fury on the assailant. Now, after a large number of researchers failed in identifying the hierarchy responsible for releasing the call to arms,... |
15 March 2010
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Scientists at the La Jolla, California-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography have recently been awarded nearly $1 million in funds for the development of swarms of oceanic observations robots. The National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Ocean Science, the main funder of the research, plans to have at its di... |
11 November 2009
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Researchers believe they might have discovered the element that triggers the formation of massive locust swarms that pose an incredible threat to crops and plantations worldwide. Upon analyzing what makes single grasshoppers come together to form an enormous group, a team of scientists identified serotonin, the hormo... |
30 January 2009
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