Origami-like soft robotic muscles lift 1,000 times their weight
Reuters -- US researchers have developed strong origami-inspired artificial muscles that can allow soft robots to lift objects 1,000 times…
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Indonesia: the world’s volcanic hotspot
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia, where more than 40,000 people have been evacuated over fears of an imminent volcanic eruption…
7 years ago
Intelligent Vehicle Future Challenge opens in east China city
CHANGSHU, China (Reuters) -- The 2017 China Intelligent Vehicle Future Challenge opened Saturday in Changshu City of east China's Jiangsu…
7 years ago
Burn victim saved by skin grafts from identical twin
by Brigitte Castelnau Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- A man doomed to die after suffering burns across 95 percent…
7 years ago
Citizen scientists asked to record rather than repel mosquitoes
CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) -- When you next hear the high pitched whine of a mosquito, researchers from Stanford University…
7 years ago
Skype joins list of apps on China blacklist
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) -- Skype has apparently joined the lengthening list of internet communication tools on China's blacklist, with Apple…
7 years ago
Brain activity shows dogs learn in their sleep, say Hungarian scientists
BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- Scientists in Hungary say they have measured brain activity in dogs which shows they learn during…
7 years ago
‘Augmented reality’ brings art alive in Vienna
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Vienna's Albertina art gallery unveiled on Tuesday a new mobile phone application that "brings to life"…
7 years ago
Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as…
7 years ago
Coffee grounds to help power London’s buses
LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) -- Waste coffee grounds will be used to help fuel some of London's buses, Royal Dutch…
7 years ago
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