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Bats inspire detectors to help prevent oil and gas pipe leaks
Engineers have developed a new scanning technique inspired by the natural world that can detect corroding…
New bio-inspired wing design developed for small drones
Researchers from Brown University have designed a new type of wing that could make small fixed-wing…
Super accurate sensor could lead to producing even smaller chips
Electrical engineer Stefanos Andreou built a sensor with an extraordinary accuracy of less than the size…
Solar Orbiter mission to track the sun's active regions, improve space weather prediction
Our understanding of space weather, its origin on the sun, and its progression and threat to…
Extent of discrimination in discipline of students with disabilities unclear
Federal legislation and regulation currently require U.S. schools to monitor for whether students with disabilities who…
Hydrogel coating is first to prevent ice formation in 3 different ways
Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues in China have developed a…
Oysters as catch of the day? Perhaps not, if ocean acidity keeps rising
When it comes to carbon emissions, people tend to focus more on what happens in the…
Citizen scientists get snappy to monitor bushfire-ravaged environment
Forget Instagram—UNSW Sydney researchers are urging citizen scientists to use their mobile phones for a good…
Biological diversity as a factor of production
Can the biodiversity of ecosystems be considered a factor of production? A group of researchers under…