From February 15 to 18, children and families visiting the LEGO World expo in Copenhagen, Denmark will have the chance to make their brick-building dreams take flight with a flock of interactive miniature drones developed ...
Engineering
Feb 14, 2018
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MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics.
Materials Science
Jan 31, 2018
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You might think Lego is just a kids' toy – one you played with as a child and now step on as you walk through the house as a parent.
Other
Dec 14, 2017
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OIST researchers create self-assembling molecules which can be broken down by ultraviolet light to recombine into novel macroscopic shapes.
Materials Science
May 19, 2017
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Structure organizes human activities and help us understand the world with less effort, but it can be the killer of creativity, concludes a study from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2017
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A plant or an animal cell uses numerous processes to sort and assemble tiny building blocks into larger molecules, to rebuild molecules or to dissolve them. Such processes depend on interactions between various cellular components ...
Materials Science
Mar 13, 2017
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Researchers have developed a nanoscale engineering method that transforms tiny particles into "LEGO- like" modular building blocks.
Nanomaterials
Oct 11, 2016
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Nature contains a special kind of Lego brick: biological molecules, peptides to be exact, that can be built together to form a wide range of complex structures. Unlike the popular toy bricks, however, the molecular building ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2016
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The sensation may be all too familiar - the intense, sharp pain in your foot caused by an unassuming LEGO® brick. Why does this tiny chunk of plastic cause so much pain? To answer this question, Reactions examines why we ...
Other
Mar 1, 2016
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A new article shows how toy bricks, such as LEGO blocks, are not only for children—in the hands of engineers, they can become a powerful laboratory tool for conducting sophisticated tasks.
Engineering
Jan 19, 2016
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