(PhysOrg.com) -- A new technique inspired by elegant pop-up books and origami will soon allow clones of robotic insects to be mass-produced by the sheet.
Engineering
Feb 15, 2012
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The Hawaiian monk seal, the most endangered marine mammal in the United States, has a long list of threats - fishing nets, sharks and, particularly, humans. But for one group of seals, the biggest threat came from one of ...
Ecology
Feb 15, 2012
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Children may be receiving the highest exposure to nanoparticles of titanium dioxide in candy, which they eat in amounts much larger than adults, according to a new study. Published in ACS' journal, Environmental Science & ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2012
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The current global energy crisis means that sustainability now supplants necessity as the mother of all invention. Concordia University's Georgios Vatistas, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, ...
Engineering
Feb 15, 2012
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Astronauts and robots have united in space with a healthy handshake.
Space Exploration
Feb 15, 2012
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With expanded industrial-scale production of nanomaterials fast approaching, scientists are reporting indications that dust generated during processing of nanomaterials may explode more easily than dust from wheat flour, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 15, 2012
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(AP) -- The federal government is cracking down on "robocalls," those automated phone calls with the tendency to interrupt Sunday dinners and otherwise annoy consumers.
Telecom
Feb 15, 2012
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Networking company Cisco said Wednesday that it is challenging Microsoft's $8.5 billion takeover of Skype at the European Union's top court to ensure Microsoft won't block other video conferencing services.
Business
Feb 15, 2012
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Computer engineers may have just provided the medical community a new way of figuring out exactly how one of the three building blocks of life forms and functions.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2012
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A research project exploring the potential for making medical isotopes with X-rays from a particle accelerator instead of a nuclear reactor is about to move to the large scale. The Canadian Isotope Project, led by the Canadian ...
General Physics
Feb 15, 2012
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