
Giving robots a more nimble grasp
Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object, and placing it somewhere else i ... more
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World's quietest gas lets physicists hear faint quantum effects
Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have cooled a gas to the quietest state ever achieved, hoping to detect faint quantum effects lost in the din of colder but noisier fluids.
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Fossil fuels harm health from 'cradle to grave': report
Trash, mulch and security: All jobs for troops in Washington
Rising oceans to threaten 1.5 million Australians by 2050: report
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MIPT researchers clear the way for fast plasmonic chips
Researches from the Laboratory of Nanooptics and Plasmonics at the MIPT Center of Nanoscale Optoelectronics have developed a new method for optical communication on a chip, which will give a possibi ... more
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Shaping the hilly landscapes of a semi-conductor nanoworld
Nanoscale worlds sometimes resemble macroscale roller-coaster style hills, placed at the tip of a series of hexagons. Surprisingly, these nanohills stem from the self-organisation of particles - the ... more
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Transparent, conductive network of encapsulated silver nanowires
The electrodes for connections on the "sunny side" of a solar cell need to be not just electrically conductive, but transparent as well. As a result, electrodes are currently made either by using th ... more
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Comet 67P, robot lab Philae's alien host, nears Sun
A comet streaking through space with a European robot lab riding piggyback will skirt the Sun this week, setting another landmark in an extraordinary quest to unravel the origins of life on Earth. ... more
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Better together: Graphene-nanotube hybrid switches
Graphene has been called a wonder material, capable of performing great and unusual material acrobatics. Boron nitride nanotubes are no slackers in the materials realm either, and can be engineered ... more
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