Flying 3-D eye-bots
Like a well-rehearsed formation team, a flock of flying robots rises slowly into the air with a loud buzzing noise. A good two dozen in number, they perform an intricate dance in the sky above the seething hordes of soccer ...
Like a well-rehearsed formation team, a flock of flying robots rises slowly into the air with a loud buzzing noise. A good two dozen in number, they perform an intricate dance in the sky above the seething hordes of soccer ...
Robotics
May 3, 2012
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After two decades of examining a microscopic algae-eater that lives in a lake in Norway, scientists on Thursday declared it to be one of the world's oldest living organisms and man's remotest relative.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 26, 2012
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(AP) -- It really is rocket science and it really is hard. North Korea proved that again.
Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2012
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Ship propellers are as large as a single-family home and manufacturing them is quite a challenge. During the casting process, pores and miniscule cracks can form that in the worst case may cause a blade to break. Now ...
Engineering
Apr 2, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the human world of manufacturing, many companies are now applying an on-demand, just-in-time strategy to conserve resources, reduce costs and promote production of goods precisely when and where they are ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 30, 2011
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Japan will go ahead with its annual whale hunt in Antarctica while boosting security to guard against possible harassment by environmental protesters, the agriculture and fisheries minister said Tuesday.
Ecology
Oct 4, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The bizarre, hourglass-shaped Kuiper belt object 2001QG298 spins round like a propeller as it orbits the Sun, according to an astronomer from Queens University Belfast. The discovery that the spinning object ...
Astronomy
Oct 3, 2011
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Purdue University students are designing and building a rocket engine that might be used in a vehicle to land on the moon.
Space Exploration
Sep 14, 2011
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An unmanned spacecraft bankrolled by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos failed during a recent test flight.
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2011
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With a new water mist system, fires can be extinguished even from a distance of eight meters. Sinorix H2O Jet is meant for industrial environments, including turbines, painting lines, or production equipment. Special nozzles ...
Engineering
Aug 23, 2011
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