Fish are thought to adjust their tail stiffness in order to swim efficiently over a wide range of speeds, but how and when they tune…
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Innovative New Material Inspired by Chain Mail Transforms from Flexible to Rigid on Command
Engineers have developed a material inspired by chain mail that can transform from a foldable, fluid-like state into specific solid shapes under pressure. Credit: Caltech…
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Smart-car identity and access management (IAM) system developed
Credit: City University London A postgraduate student in City’s Institute for Cyber Security (ICS) is attempting to plug the vulnerability gaps of smart cars to…
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3D Kirigami Building Blocks Designed To Make Dynamic Metamaterial Structures
In a proof of concept, researchers created more than a dozen reconfigurable building blocks. Each block consisted of eight connected paper cubes and could be…
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Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Technology To Make MRI a New Experience
Researchers from King’s College London have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by patients when undertaking an MRI. In a new paper published in Scientific…
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Rare trading cards stolen from Adelaide gaming store in alleged break-in
Five people have been arrested after rare trading cards were allegedly stolen during a break-in at a gaming store in Adelaide. The alleged break-in took…
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Science Made Simple: What Is Plasma Confinement?
Image of the inside of a magnetic confinement experiment during plasma discharge. In a tokamak, plasma particles are confined and shaped by magnetic field lines…
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New Technology That Can Block Cyberattacks From Impacting the Nation’s Electric Power Grid
To demonstrate the ability of the Constrained Cyber Communication device to block a cyberattack on the power grid, researchers constructed a 36-foot long mobile substation…
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Major Milestone As NASA’s X-59 QueSST Quiet SuperSonic Technology Aircraft Comes Together
Artist illustration of the X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology aircraft, which will soon take skies as NASA’s first purpose-built, supersonic experimental plane in decades. Credit: Lockheed…
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Using Graphene Foam To Filter Uranium and Other Heavy Metals From Drinking Water
A reusable 3D functionalized reduced graphene oxide foam (3D‐FrGOF) is used as an in situ electrolytic deposition electrode to extract uranium from contaminated water. Credit:…
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