Tokai University

​Like true "flying fish," the ribbon halfbeak has large pectoral fins that it uses like wings to escape aquatic predators. Unlike them, however, it lacks a set of winglike pelvic fins, which add much-needed rear stability while in flight. So, how does it manage? It all comes down to a twist.

Even with advances in gels and dressings, burns remain a difficult injury to treat. But researchers from Japan's Tokai University have developed a new ultra-thin material that clings to those trickier locations, while also serving to ward off infectious bacteria.

Delft University's Nuon Solar Team has won the Challenger class of the World Solar Challenge. Its solar-powered Nuna 7 vehicle arrived in Adelaide at 10:03 a.m. on the morning of the fifth day of the event, crossing Australia from north coast to south in a total of a little over 33 hours.

Team Tokai has just reached the "Finish of Timing" checkpoint north of Adelaide, Australia, in the 2011 World Solar Challenge.