From Isaac Asimov to Aimee Mann, 'robophobia' plagues humans
Robots are secretly plotting to kill us. Or enslave us. Or, at best, they will take our jobs, one by one.
Robotics
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Smart technology needs smart users
What's the point of smart assistants and intelligent electricity meters if people don't use them correctly? In order to cope with the energy transition, we need a combination of digital technologies and smart user behaviour ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 10, 2017
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Sam Houston state researchers study DNA from explosives
Researchers at Sam Houston State University (SHSU) hope to unmask manufacturers of homemade explosives using new advancements in DNA technology.
Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2017
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Want more crop variety? Researchers propose using CRISPR to accelerate plant domestication
Out of the more than 300,000 plant species in existence, only three species—rice, wheat, and maize—account for most of the plant matter that humans consume, partly because in the history of agriculture, mutations arose ...
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2017
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Stable biological coating for implants
The extracellular matrix (ECM) regulates all important cell functions and is an interesting biomaterial for scientists. Fraunhofer has developed an ECM that contains artificial chemical groups which supports natural cell ...
Materials Science
Nov 2, 2016
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Sustainable sensors to detect, predict muscle fatigue
It may be clammy and inconvenient, but human sweat has at least one positive characteristic - it can give insight to what's happening inside your body. A new study published in the ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology ...
Engineering
Jul 28, 2016
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Self-healing textiles not only repair themselves, but can neutralize chemicals
Someday, chemically protective suits made of fabric coated in self-healing, thin films may prevent farmers from exposure to organophosphate pesticides, soldiers from chemical or biological attacks in the field and factory ...
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2016
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Pesticide mixtures may increase health risks but are still unregulated by California, report says
A UCLA study has found that the state agency responsible for protecting Californians from the dangers of pesticides is failing to assess the health risks likely posed by pesticide mixtures, which are believed to be more harmful ...
Ecology
Feb 18, 2016
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Future ultra-fast high power lasers will deliver unprecedented accelerating power and efficiency
Few technologies have the power that particle accelerator technology has to touch upon such a broad range of applications at the many frontiers of modern science. Today, thanks to improvements in laser technology, a new generation ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 1, 2015
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Facebook gives sneak peek into sci-fi future
Mike Schroepfer is sitting in a conference room inside Facebook's Frank Gehry-designed headquarters. His ultra-modern surroundings—22-foot ceilings, raw steel beams, polished concrete pathways that flow through acres of ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Nov 17, 2015
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