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'Liquid That Thinks:' Swarm of Ping-Pong-Ball-Sized Robots Created
December 14, 2012 — If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. A research team has developed a basic robotic building block, which they hope to ... > full story -
New Peatland Bacteria Feed on Greenhouse Gas and Excess Fertilizer
December 14, 2012 — Researchers have discovered new methane-consuming bacteria in the soil beneath the Brunssummerheide peatland reserve in Limburg, the Netherlands. Although the bacteria may be the result of ... > full story -
Variable Congestion Charges May Yield More Stable Air Quality and Improved Health
December 14, 2012 — Higher congestion charges in the morning and in the spring would even out the negative health effects caused by air pollution from cars in large cities. ... > full story -
Dogs Can Accurately Sniff out 'Superbug' Infections
December 13, 2012 — Dogs can sniff out Clostridium difficile (the infective agent that is responsible for many of the dreaded "hospital acquired infections") in stool samples and even in the air surrounding patients in ... > full story -
Climate Warming Unlikely to Cause Near-Term Extinction of Ancient Amazon Trees, but Multiple Threats to the Forest Remain
December 13, 2012 — A new genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-caused climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases ... > full storyMore: -
Intelligent Control for Performance: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel
December 13, 2012 — NASA Dryden's versatile F/A-18 Full Scale Advanced Systems Testbed (FAST) aircraft recently completed a series of flights that explored reducing fuel consumption during cruise flight conditions by ... > full story -
Better Tools for Saving Water and Keeping Peaches Healthy
December 13, 2012 — Peach growers in California may soon have better tools for saving water. Scientists are evaluating whether infrared sensors and thermal technology can help peach growers decide precisely when to ... > full story -
Bubble Study Could Improve Industrial Splash Control
December 13, 2012 — For the first time, scientists witnessed the details of the full, ultrafast process of liquid droplets evolving into a bubble when they strike a surface. Their research determined that surface ... > full story -
Blood Pressure, Smoking and Alcohol: The Health Risks With the Biggest Global Burden
December 13, 2012 — Over 9 million people died as a consequence of high blood pressure in 2010, making it the health risk factor with the greatest toll worldwide, say ... > full story -
Student Engineers Cook Up Devices for Better Cooking
December 13, 2012 — Students in, of all things, a robotics class use engineering skills and advice from a chef to rig up devices to more accurately control cooking ... > full story
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