News tagged with lego bricks

Is Model-Making Really Child's Play?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Children are stalled by the same thinking processes as adults when they assemble models, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop molecular 'LEGO kit' to create nano-cubes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Glasgow have devised a molecular 'LEGO toolkit' which can be used to assemble a vast number of new and functional chemical compounds.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 17, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast




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Keeping the supply chain moving smoothly

Too much, or... too little! Many companies need to work on improving their supply chains. EPFL researchers have analyzed the best strategies and proven that good supply chain coordination can result in significant ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicist creates scale model of LHC ATLAS experiment of out LEGO blocks

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland has generated a lot of news of late, e.g. the announcement that a team had found what it believes ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (17) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

EPFL robots will soon appear in school classrooms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Swiss scientists have developed an educational robot designed to introduce children to technology in schools. Baptized Thymio II, it was officially presented to teachers in the Canton of Vaud ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Digital studios mature by adopting 'old media' ways

Nine studio executives sat in a glass-enclosed conference room in Beverly Hills, Calif., discussing potential snowy locales for filming later this year.

Technology / Other

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High-precision robots available in kit form

(PhysOrg.com) -- A doctoral student from EPFL's Laboratory of Robotics Systems has developed a concept for modular industrial robots, based on the technology of parallel robots, whose precision is expressed ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review: Solid Nintendo 3DS could use fresher games

Whether you're watching a Hollywood action movie in an IMAX theater or college hoops on a 3-D TV, there's no denying the wow factor of current 3-D technology. And the trend isn't lost on video-game companies ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 25, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Building biological computers

New research shows that genetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits. The study is a groundbreaking step toward building complex systems where the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers open the door to biological computers

Genetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits. Using yeast cells, a group of researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has taken a groundbreaking ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

ESA's Rosetta comet-chaser goes LEGO

(PhysOrg.com) -- What does a scientist do to visualise a space journey? Build a model, of course. A model of Europe's Rosetta comet-chaser made out of LEGO blocks started out in this small way and has grown ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Regulating prions naturally

Prions can form in fungi, but there is also a prion antagonist that regulates the system. A glimpse into the unusual properties of proteins.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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