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Research & Innovations

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Research & Innovations";"Understand how advancements in environmental research and innovation are changing the world.

  • We need rules on killer robots, says U.N.

    Tue, May 07, 2013 12:36 PM by Elizabeth Palermo, TechNewsDaily

    A new report questions both the balance of power robots would bring to the battlefield and also their ethical implications.

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  • Nanotechnology could bring affordable clean water to rural poor

    Tue, May 07, 2013 11:50 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    The filtration process takes approximately an hour, and the researchers' current prototype containers can hold up to 10 liters of water.

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  • Launch of the Nautilus: New magazine aims to be 'a New Yorker version of Scientific American'

    Tue, May 07, 2013 11:31 AM by John Platt

    The ambitious publication, available in print and online, will tackle a different topic each month.

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  • Autopsy shows why famous patient couldn't remember

    Mon, May 06, 2013 1:50 PM by Tia Ghose, LiveScience

    The brain showed extensive damage to the medial temporal lobe, a brain region known for processing memories.

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  • NASA's Grover will explore Greenland ice sheet

    Fri, May 03, 2013 9:43 AM by Douglas Main, LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet

    Since the Arctic sun shines 24 hours a day during the summer, the solar-powered rover will be able to operate continuously.

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  • Insect-sized robot takes first controlled flight

    Fri, May 03, 2013 9:24 AM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    Instead of an electromagnetic motor, researchers used ceramic strips for a battery that can expand or contract when hit with an electric field.

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  • A solar-powered plug that sticks to windows and out from the crowd

    Fri, May 03, 2013 9:08 AM by Matt Hickman

    Sure, there are a few kinks to be worked out, but the designers behind the clever and unfussy Window Socket are onto something: A solar converter-charger that serves as an outlet on windows, not walls.

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  • Hypothalamus plays role in how we age

    Wed, May 01, 2013 3:40 PM by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience

    The discovery could open up possibilities for slowing age-related diseases and increasing life span.

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  • IBM makes world smallest film with individual atoms

    Wed, May 01, 2013 11:57 AM by Melissa Breyer

    'A Boy and His Atom' proves that even nanophysicists like to have a little fun now and then.

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  • Antimatter mystery: Does it fall up or down?

    Wed, May 01, 2013 9:44 AM by Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience

    Scientists are about 5 years away from setting up an experiment that slows down antiparticles enough to track their movements.

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  • How flower petals get their shape

    Wed, May 01, 2013 8:40 AM by Denise Chow, LiveScience

    A study found that concealed maps within flower buds are made up of patterns of arrows that act as instructions for how each cell in the bud should grow.

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  • Alien-looking skeleton poses medical mystery

    Tue, Apr 30, 2013 4:40 PM by Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience

    The 6-inch-long skeleton has several anomalies, including its alien-like skull, teensy body and the fact that it has just 10 ribs rather than 12.

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  • Alexander Graham Bell speaks again

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 6:00 PM by Jillian Scharr, TechNewsDaily

    A voice recording of Alexander Graham Bell’s father was recovered on this wax-coated drum, which was shipped to Berkeley Lab earlier this year for analysis.

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  • Where the new bird flu virus may have started

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 10:46 AM by Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily

    Poultry markets in China provide a conducive environment for strains of the virus to mingle and mutate.

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  • Sea turtles inspire flippered robot

    Thu, Apr 25, 2013 9:57 AM by Charles Q. Choi, TechNewsDaily

    The robots could also help conserve endangered sea turtles by giving insight into environmental factors.

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