News tagged with feather fibers
Researchers solve color mystery of blue-feathered penguins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from The University of Akron and their colleagues have made an out-of-the-blue discovery.
Feb 10, 2011 |
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Feather fibers fluff up hydrogen storage capacity
Scientists in Delaware say they have developed a new hydrogen storage method -- carbonized chicken feather fibers -- that can hold vast amounts of hydrogen, a promising but difficult to corral fuel source, and do it at a ...
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Clothing to crow about: Chicken feather suits and dresses
In the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, durable new fabrics that are "green" and environmentally friendly. Researchers ...
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Less is more: Study of tiny droplets could have big impact on industrial applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Under a microscope, a tiny droplet slides between two fine hairs like a roller coaster on a set of rails until — poof — it suddenly spreads along them, a droplet no more.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A six-legged, 25 gram robot has been fitted with flapping wings in order to gain an insight into the evolution of early birds and insects.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Finding is a feather in the cap for researchers studying birds' big, powerful eyes
Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us -- and all the other animals on the planet -- beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains develop.
Jun 23, 2011 |
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Robot's space debut 'giant leap for tinmankind'
Space is about to get its first humanoid from planet Earth. Robonaut 2 - affectionately known as R2 - is hitching a one-way ride to the International Space Station this week aboard the final flight of space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 01, 2010 |
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UD researcher on project team for NASA's first visit to the sun
A University of Delaware researcher is helping to design instruments for a robotic space probe that will go where no other has gone before: the sun.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2010 |
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Health diagnosis made simpler
Arizona State University researchers have demonstrated a way to dramatically simplify testing patients for infectious diseases and unhealthy protein levels.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 23, 2010 |
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Researcher says chicken feathers may help in oil spill mitigation
Researchers in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware have developed a method to mitigate oil spills using chicken feather fibers. Prof. Richard Wool has discovered that when the fibers are cut ...
Jun 09, 2010 |
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Tech review: Charging mat, iPhone cases are smart, useful accessories
The Charge4All Portable Charging Mat is a darn handy solution to a growing problem.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Plastic as a conductor
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting ...
Dec 02, 2008 |
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Nanojewels made easy
Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing through the submicroscopic ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 30, 2008 |
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