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- Advanced robotic bat's flight characteristics simulates the real thing
- Good ribbance: Dinosaur rib bones reveal remnants of 195-million-year-old protein
- Reversible saliva allows frogs to hang on to next meal
- Transparent gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
- Scientists design electricity generator that mimics trees
- How water can split into two liquids below zero
| Advanced robotic bat's flight characteristics simulates the real thing Posted: 01 Feb 2017 12:06 PM PST Researchers have developed a self-contained robotic bat -- dubbed Bat Bot (B2) -- with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the key flight mechanisms of biological bats. |
| Good ribbance: Dinosaur rib bones reveal remnants of 195-million-year-old protein Posted: 01 Feb 2017 11:09 AM PST Is fossilized rock all that remains when a dinosaur decomposes? New research provides the first evidence that proteins have been preserved within the 195-million-year-old rib of the sauropodomorph dinosaur Lufengosaurus. |
| Reversible saliva allows frogs to hang on to next meal Posted: 01 Feb 2017 08:06 AM PST A frog tongue's stickiness is caused by a reversible saliva in combination with a super soft tongue, new research shows. A frog's saliva is thick and sticky during prey capture, then turns thin and watery as prey is removed inside the mouth. |
| Transparent gel-based robots can catch and release live fish Posted: 01 Feb 2017 06:26 AM PST Engineers have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underwater, and grabbing and releasing a live fish. |
| Scientists design electricity generator that mimics trees Posted: 31 Jan 2017 09:43 AM PST A prototype biomimetic tree has been built that generates electricity when wind blows through its artificial leaves. The researchers think such technology may help people charge household appliances without the need for large wind turbines. |
| How water can split into two liquids below zero Posted: 25 Jan 2017 09:07 AM PST Did you know that water can still remain liquid below zero degrees Celsius? It is called supercooled water and is present in refrigerators. At even smaller temperatures, supercooled water could exist as a cocktail of two distinct liquids. Unfortunately, the presence of ice often prevents us from observing this phenomenon. So physicists had the idea of replicating the tetrahedral shape of water molecules and thus removing the interference of ice formation. |
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