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Robots with sticky feet can climb up, down, and all around
Jet engines can have up to 25,000 individual parts, making regular maintenance a tedious task that can take over a month per engine. Many...
Researchers monitor electron behavior during chemical reactions for the first time
In a recent publication in Science, researchers at the University of Paderborn and the Fritz Haber Institute Berlin demonstrated their ability to observe electrons'...
New global migration estimates show rates steady since 1990, high return migration
On today's increasingly crowded globe, human migration can strain infrastructure and resources. Accurate data on migration flows could help governments plan for and respond...
Why is sea level rising faster in some places along the US East Coast...
Sea levels are rising globally from ocean warming and melting of land ice, but the seas aren't rising at the same rate everywhere. Sea...
Collecting clean water from air, inspired by desert life
Humans can get by in the most basic of shelters, can scratch together a meal from the most humble of ingredients. But we can't...
Mighty morphing materials take complex shapes
Rice University scientists have created a rubbery, shape-shifting material that morphs from one sophisticated form to another on demand.
The shapes programmed into a polymer...
Researchers identify how skin ages, loses fat and immunity
Dermal fibroblasts are specialized cells deep in the skin that generate connective tissue and help the skin recover from injury. Some fibroblasts have the...
Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a...
Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance
Tree rings tell the story of what's happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests and wildfires,...
Small changes in oxygen levels have big implications for ocean life
Oceanographers at the University of Rhode Island have found that even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have big consequences for tiny...
Faint starlight in Hubble images reveals distribution of dark matter
Astronomers using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have employed a revolutionary method to detect dark matter in galaxy clusters. The method allows...
