Nanotechnology
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ScienceWe've seen numerous nano-devices designed for tasks such as delivering medication within the body, and they move in a variety of ways. One of the latest is a tiny four-legged robot, that could actually walk to its target.
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Goggles, glasses and windshield can fog up if there’s a difference in temperature or humidity. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a new anti-fog coating that warms up the surface without needing electricity.
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ScienceOK, we know that tiny houses are becoming increasingly popular, but this is really taking things to an extreme. In order to demonstrate the capabilities of a new nanorobotic system, French scientists have built a "microhouse" that sits on the cleaved end of an optical fiber.
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Whether they're on smartphone displays or TV screens, reflections can be a nuisance. Scientists working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, however, have reportedly found a way of almost eliminating them. It involves treating regular glass surfaces by etching tiny nanoscale cones into them.
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Timex has something of a reputation of a middle-of-the-road, play-it-safe, value-for-money watchmaker, but the company is stepping out of its comfort zone to partner with France-based SilMach and create a new electronic watch movement using Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS).
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Though it’s survived millennia of human development, whether Syria’s cultural heritage can make it through the current civil war is anyone’s guess. Can science succeed where international law has faltered and stop the exodus of relics from the country?
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ScienceAn international competition is coming up in Toulouse, France at the end of next month, but it's not a very big one. The Nanocar Race will see four "cars" each made up of about a hundred atoms, racing against one another on a gold track that's just 100 nanometers long – that's 0.0001 millimeters.
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Using light and tiny nanoparticles of rhodium, scientists have found a way to turn carbon dioxide into a building block of many fuels. The newly discovered chemical reaction could use sunlight to reduce growing levels of CO2 and lead to the development of new alternative energy technologies.
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Since 2005, IBM has been releasing an annual list of five technological trends that it thinks will take off in the next five years. Given the emergence of AI and the Internet of Things, this year’s predictions are focused on these two areas.
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Engineers at Stanford have developed a new component to help stretch the potential of wearable electronics.
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Researchers at MIT have invented a printing process that could turn a lot of potential breakthroughs, such as electricity-generating clothing and smart sutures, into an inexpensive reality.
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ScienceThe strength of spinach isn't only in its nutrients, but also in its ability to be hacked to function as a sensor able to detect things like explosives, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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