"Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research...
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Earth's surface is mostly fresh in geologic terms. Weathering — wind and water, freezing and thawing — takes its toll, and longer-term changes...
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Designed by Leonardo Manavella, this system is a portable urine filtration and containment device that allows you to pee, drink and go! They're asking for a...
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"The smallest ever incandescent lamp, made using a single carbon nanotube, has been created by physicists in the US. At 1.4 micrometres long and just 13...
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"As described in an article published this week in an advance, online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the work...
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"An unlikely multidisciplinary scientific collaboration has discovered that an electronic nose developed for air quality monitoring on Space Shuttle Endeavour...
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Proving work and pleasure can be mixed, x-ray technician "Reintji" has created a Flickr slideshow packed with images of the insides of console controllers,...
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"String theory seems equally capable of describing universes very different from ours. Greene hoped that something in the theory would eventually rule out most...
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Scientists have developed technology to help them identify species based on submitted photos from curious lay people. It is also used to gather information that it...
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Last year the Large Hadron Collider hit a set back, when a cooling system leaked helium. Now after an assessment and the replacement of the 53 magnets, ITN has...
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Step 1: Take the most simple, basic and cheapest of tools. Say, a cutting board Step 2: Totally overcomplicate it with a solution for a problem that doesn't...
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April 29, 2009 -- Lasers could one day cure, or at least aid in the search for drugs that treat diseases ranging from autism to schizophrenia, according to two new...
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A spider species from Israel has found an effective way, as part of the volutionary cycle, in which to impregnate their mate. Male spiders from the Harpactea...
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New research suggests the ice volcanoes blasting off Saturn's moon Enceladus are rooted in an underground sea, a finding that raises the prospect for microbial life.
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Ok, so on certain occasions you might have been called a sponger...and at times your brain might have felt a little spongy after a night of poor behaviour... Well...
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"The first wireless flying-insect cyborg—a remote-controlled beetle—has been developed by engineers at the University of California at Berkeley. The...
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"Like something straight out of a science fiction novel, renewable energy company SolarEn plans to launch solar panel arrays into space to capture the rawest...
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UFO spotters are claiming they have spotted an alien skull on Mars after NASA beamed back satellite images from the planet. At first glance it looks like a rocky...
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31 year old Hajnal Ban, a female politician from Australia, thought her legal and political career would be hindered by her short stature - so she decided to do...
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Not long ago, physicists said that Harry Potter-style optical invisibility cloaks would be impossible to build. But this week, two teams claimed to have built...
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