Over the past 30 years, researchers have studied actuating materials that can reversibly change their volume under various stimuli in order to develop micro- and biomimetic robots, artificial muscles and medical devices.
Robotics
Jun 5, 2018
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When tides are at their highest a few days after a full or new moon, thousands of small silver fish called grunion flop onto Southern California beaches. Females wriggle their tails into the sand, males spray the females ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2020
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The potentially damaging effects of manmade light at night on the reproduction of reef corals is the subject of new research involving Ocean and Earth Science researchers from the University of Southampton.
Environment
Dec 16, 2018
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By using a photoelectrode in which gold nanoparticles are loaded on an oxide semiconductor substrate, a research at Hokkaido University, Japan, has worked to develop a method of artificial photosynthesis that has received ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2016
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Particle accelerators are among the most intricate scientific instruments ever devised. With millions of sensors and thousands of subsystems at risk of failure, these accelerators' human operators must continuously monitor ...
General Physics
Dec 11, 2023
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Nature has perfected the art of using the Sun to fuel growth. A team of international researchers looked into what is needed to recreate the process artificially. The results could have various uses, from an alternative to ...
Materials Science
Jul 4, 2013
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Artificial light increases foraging time in blackbirds. Birds in city centres are active not just considerably earlier, but also for longer than their relatives in darker parts of the city. That is the result of a study of ...
Ecology
Oct 20, 2014
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Entomologist Akito Kawahara's message is straightforward: We can't live without insects. They're in trouble. And there's something all of us can do to help.
Ecology
Jan 12, 2021
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Changes in the color and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex and unpredictable effects on animal vision, new research shows.
Ecology
Jul 6, 2021
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Newly published research that started as a high school science project confirms that the density of sea turtle nests on Florida beaches is reduced where artificial lights along the coast deter nesting females.
Ecology
Jan 28, 2016
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