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  New York NY (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 The concept of "gray goo," a robot comprised of billions of nanoparticles, has fascinated science fiction fans for decades. But most researchers have dismissed it as just a wild theory. Current robots are usually self-contained entities made of interdependent subcomponents, each with a specific function. If one part fails, the robot stops working. In robotic swarms, each robot is an independently functioning machine. In a new study published in Nature, researchers at Columbia Engineering and ... read more |
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Seeing through a robot's eyes helps those with profound motor impairmentsAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal care tasks ... more  
Terminator-like liquid metal moves and stretches in 3D spaceWashington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition. Although ... more 
Mathematics of sea slug movement points to future robotsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 What do pizza slices, sea slugs and one possible design for future soft-bodied robots have in common? They all have frilly surfaces, and new insights about the surprising geometry of frilly surfaces ... more 
Robots help bees and fish communicateWashington (UPI) Mar 21, 2019 Bees and fish can now converse with each other thanks to new robotics technology designed by researchers in Europe. ... more |
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NASA's Mars 2020 rover is put to the testPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 20, 2019 In a little more than seven minutes in the early afternoon of Feb. 18, 2021, NASA's Mars 2020 rover will execute about 27,000 actions and calculations as it speeds through the hazardous transition f ... more 
Drone maps icy lava tube to prepare for cave exploration on Moon and MarsMountain View CA (SPX) Mar 20, 2019 The SETI Institute and Astrobotic Technology, Inc. are announcing the successful mapping in 3D of the interior of an ice-rich lava tube in Iceland using a LiDAR-equipped drone. The team was investig ... more 
Trembling Aspen Leaves Could Save Future Mars RoversCoventry, UK (SPX) Mar 19, 2019 Researchers at the University of Warwick have been inspired by the unique movement of trembling aspen leaves, to devise an energy harvesting mechanism that could power weather sensors in hostile env ... more 
Faster robots demoralize co-workersIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 It's not whether you win or lose; it's how hard the robot is working. A Cornell University-led team has found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider themsel ... more 
Will artificial intelligence be the future of music?Austin (AFP) March 12, 2019 They may never be able to fill a stadium for a rock concert, but computers are making inroads in the music industry, capable of producing songs - and convincingly so - as illustrated at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. ... more |
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 China is overtaking US in artificial intelligence: researchers 
Movie technology inspires wearable liquid unit that aims to harvest energyWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 A fascination with movie technology that showed robots perform self-repair through a liquid formula inspired a Purdue University professor to make his own discoveries - which are now helping to lead ... more  |
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A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 For a newborn giraffe or wildebeest, being born can be a perilous introduction to the world - predators lie in wait for an opportunity to make a meal of the herd's weakest member. This is why many s ... more 
Ultra-low power chips help make small robots more capableAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 An ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences. Combined with new generations of low-power motors ... more 
How intelligent is artificial intelligence?Singapore (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms such as Deep Learning have become integral parts of our daily lives: they enable digital speech assistants or translation services, impro ... more 
Robo-journalism gains traction in shifting media landscapeWashington (AFP) March 10, 2019 A text-generating "bot" nicknamed Tobi produced nearly 40,000 news stories about the results of the November 2018 elections in Switzerland for the media giant Tamedia - in just five minutes. ... more 
Business with human and robotic explorationParis (ESA) Mar 12, 2019 Space is profitable - each euro spent on the International Space Station produces 1.8 euros added value to European economies. Research in low Earth orbit has already contributed to the econom ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 24, 2019 
On a brisk February morning in the Yuma, Arizona, desert, a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles equipped with DARPA's Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment system, or CODE, successfully carried out mission objectives, even when communications were offline and GPS was unavailable.
One-by-one, six RQ-23 Tigersharks lifted off, fitted with an array of sensors onboard. Next to the runwa ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition.
Although current robots don't have these capabilities, the technology is getting closer with the development of new liquid metals that can be manipulated in 3D space with magnets. Reported in ACS Applied Mate ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2019 
Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations, for the first time creating so-called algorithmic self-assembly in which the same "hardware" can be configured to run different "software."
In a paper published in Nature on March 21, a team headed by Caltech's Erik Winfree (PhD '98), professor of computer science, computation and neu ... more |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 22, 2019 
The construction of China's first ever floating nuclear power plant is set to be launched before the end of 2019, the Global Times newspaper reported, citing the head of China's Nuclear Power Institute (NPI), Luo Qi.
Luo noted that such a plant would be protected from earthquakes, take up much less space than a conventional nuclear power plant and will emit zero pollution into the environm ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 23, 2019 
The Islamic State may have lost its self-styled caliphate, but its barbaric back catalogue of grisly execution videos will continue to haunt the global imagination and serve as a template for how to sow terror, analysts say.
At the height of its reign over a vast chunk of Iraq and Syria in 2014-2015, the Sunni jihadist group had a huge digital footprint, flooding social media with slick vide ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 26, 2019 
A 2.3 percent jump in global energy demand last year outstripped the expansion of renewables and helped drive record-high greenhouse gas emissions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.
Fossil fuels satisfied nearly 70 percent of that growth for the second year running, with natural gas accounting for 45 percent of the rise in energy consumption, according to the Agency's Globa ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 25, 2019 
A new system devised by researchers at MIT can monitor the behavior of all electric devices within a building, ship, or factory, determining which ones are in use at any given time and whether any are showing signs of an imminent failure. When tested on a Coast Guard cutter, the system pinpointed a motor with burnt-out wiring that could have led to a serious onboard fire.
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 24, 2019 
Did you know that up to 80% of the water on the International Space Station is recycled? Astronauts living and working 400 km above our planet might prefer not to think about it, but the water they drink is recycled from their colleague's sweat and exhaled breath - collected as condensation on the Space Station's walls.
Water is precious on Earth but even more so in space where all drinkab ... more |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 26, 2019  A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen. An early hydrogen-rich atmosphere on Mars could also explain how the planet remained habitable after its atmosphere thinned. The study used data from NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars and was conducted by researchers on Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 26, 2019 
As part of a global industry research project, combustion experts from the University of Sydney's School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering are one step closer to developing a more efficient and cost-effective access to space platform for satellite launches.
As part of the University's Clean Combustion Group, Associate Professor Matthew Cleary, Associate Professor Ben Tho ... more |
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 Galapagos, Ecuador (AFP) March 22, 2019 
Armed only with gloves and large sacks, park rangers and volunteers are battling the scourge of plastic waste blighting the idyllic Galapagos Islands and their unique creatures.
Tons of plastic waste wash up on the shores of the Galapagos islands where microparticles end up in the stomachs of species found only in the Pacific archipelago 1,000 kilometers (600 miles) west of mainland Ecuador. ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 22, 2019 
President Donald Trump said Friday he was using the threat of tariffs to pressure European manufacturers to build more autos in the United States.
In a televised interview Trump also denied that trade talks with China had hit a bump in the road, saying they were nearing a conclusion.
The comments aired on Fox Business come as Washington pursues its long-running multi-front trade confront ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019 
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have announced a potential solution - a laser-driven photoacoustic microfluidic pump, capable of moving fluids in any direction without moving parts or electrical contacts.
The work is described in th ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2019
In the blockbuster Terminator movie franchise, an evil robot morphs into different human forms and objects and oozes through narrow openings, thanks to its "liquid-metal" composition.
Although current robots don't have these capabilities, the technology is getting closer with the development of new liquid metals that can be manipulated in 3D space with magnets. Reported in ACS Applied Mate ... more |
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 Valle De Angeles, Honduras (AFP) March 21, 2019 
Honduran conservationists are worried. A deadly insect that wiped out more than a quarter of the Central American country's conifers between 2013 and 2017 is back.
The southern pine beetle - or gorgojo, as it is known locally - appears in large numbers during droughts brought on by El Nino, a climatic phenomenon that occurs every few years and can be a threat to agriculture and even drinki ... more |
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