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- Bacteria-powered microrobots navigate with help from new algorithm
- Light illuminates the way for bio-bots
- You are what your parents ate!
- Tunable windows for privacy, camouflage
- Could wearable technology give 'super powers' to humans?
- More than bugs: Spiders also like an occasional vegetarian meal
- DNA 'origami' could help build faster, cheaper computer chips
- Nanomotors could help electronics fix themselves
| Bacteria-powered microrobots navigate with help from new algorithm Posted: 14 Mar 2016 06:14 PM PDT Engineers have recently published research on a method for using electric fields to help tiny bio-robots propelled by flagellated bacteria navigate around obstacles in a fluid environment. These microrobots could one day be used for building microscopic devices or even delivering medication at the cellular level. |
| Light illuminates the way for bio-bots Posted: 14 Mar 2016 01:12 PM PDT A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light -- and is following where the light shines. The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been genetically engineered to respond to light, giving researchers control over the bots' motion, a key step toward their use in applications for health, sensing and the environment. |
| You are what your parents ate! Posted: 14 Mar 2016 11:07 AM PDT Scientists have shown that diet-induced obesity and diabetes can be epigenetically inherited by the offspring via both the oocytes and the sperm. |
| Tunable windows for privacy, camouflage Posted: 14 Mar 2016 08:11 AM PDT Researchers have developed a technique that can quickly change the opacity of a window, turning it cloudy, clear or somewhere in between with the flick of a switch. |
| Could wearable technology give 'super powers' to humans? Posted: 14 Mar 2016 06:13 AM PDT More than just a fad, wearable technology (WT) can change the way we work and give us 'super powers', according to a new study. |
| More than bugs: Spiders also like an occasional vegetarian meal Posted: 14 Mar 2016 06:11 AM PDT Spiders are known to be the classic example of insectivorous predators. Zoologists have now been able to show that their diet is more diverse than expected. Their findings show that spiders like to spice up their menu with the occasional vegetarian meal. |
| DNA 'origami' could help build faster, cheaper computer chips Posted: 14 Mar 2016 05:48 AM PDT Electronics manufacturers constantly hunt for ways to make faster, cheaper computer chips, often by cutting production costs or by shrinking component sizes. Now, researchers report that DNA, the genetic material of life, might help accomplish this goal when it is formed into specific shapes through a process reminiscent of the ancient art of paper folding. |
| Nanomotors could help electronics fix themselves Posted: 14 Mar 2016 05:48 AM PDT As electronics grow ever more intricate, so must the tools required to fix them. Anticipating this challenge, scientists turned to the body's immune system for inspiration and have now built self-propelled nanomotors that can seek out and repair tiny scratches to electronic systems. They could one day lead to flexible batteries, electrodes, solar cells and other gadgets that heal themselves. |
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