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In The World: A better way to beat around the bush
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many residents of New Longoro, a small village in the countryside of Ghana, are small-scale farmers, and one of the crops they grow is groundnuts — what we call peanuts. But harvesting and ...
Sep 25, 2009 |
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University lab demonstrates 3-D printing in glass
A team of engineers and artists working at the University of Washington's Solheim Rapid Manufacturing Laboratory has developed a way to create glass objects using a conventional 3-D printer. The technique ...
Sep 24, 2009 |
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'Mechanics of Materials' Textbook Published Online, Available for Free
(PhysOrg.com) -- There are at least two good reasons to check out Madhukar Vable’s undergraduate textbook 'Mechanics of Materials.'
Sep 16, 2009 |
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'FEAsy' analyzes designs from raw sketches to speed parts creation (w/ Video)
Going back to the drawing board is much easier now that researchers have developed a new type of design program called FEAsy.
Sep 01, 2009 |
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In-situ insights into alloys
New research has produced the first micro-scale, in-situ, real-time observations of structural changes within alloys when under extremely high temperatures and stress.
Aug 26, 2009 |
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New robots mimic fish's swimming (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real thing, if not quite as fast.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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UCSD Robots Take Center Stage at National Robotics Conference
Novel agile robots created by mechanical engineers at UC San Diego recently made their way to Austin, Texas, and took center stage during a keynote address at NI Week , the annual robotics extravaganza hosted ...
Aug 20, 2009 |
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Flying by the skin of our teeth
It's been a mystery: how can our teeth withstand such an enormous amount of pressure, over many years, when tooth enamel is only about as strong as glass? A new study by Prof. Herzl Chai of Tel Aviv University's School of ...
Aug 19, 2009 |
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From human bite to robot jaws
The UK spends around £2.5 billion each year on dental materials to replace or strengthen teeth. The Chewing Robot is a new biologically inspired way to test dental materials and it will be shown to the public ...
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Applying Newton's Laws of Motion to Baseball Pitching
The April 2009 edition of Mechanical Engineering magazine profiles Mike Marshall, the former major league baseball hurler who teaches a pitching methodology based on Sir Isaac Newton’s three laws of motion.
Apr 07, 2009 |
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3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade ceramics mix
This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making ...
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Researchers identify molecule that helps the sleep-deprived to mentally rebound
(Physorg.com) -- Sleep experts know that the mental clarity lost because of a few sleepless nights can often be restored with a good night's rest. Now, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a key molecular ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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Free, open-source software enables innovation with popular but tricky lab technique
(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists need to detect and analyze DNA, or traces of a bioweapon or maybe an environmental contaminant, there's a good chance they'll turn to a lab technique called electrophoresis—or one of its many ...
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Babies & Robots: Infant power mobility on display
Children with mobility issues, like cerebral palsy and spina bifida, can't explore the world like other babies, because they can't crawl or walk. Infant development emerges from the thousands of daily discoveries ...
Feb 04, 2009 |
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