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Speed Limit for Birds: Researchers Find Critical Speed Above Which Birds -- And Drones -- Are Sure to Crash
January 19, 2012 — The northern goshawk is one of nature's diehard thrill-seekers. The formidable raptor preys on birds and small mammals, speeding through tree canopies and underbrush to catch its quarry. While speed ... > full story -
Snakes Improve Search-and-Rescue Robots: New Design Uses Less Energy
January 19, 2012 — Researchers have studied the movements of snakes to create more efficient search-and-rescue ... > full story -
Broken Arm? Brain Shifts Quickly When Using a Sling or Cast
January 16, 2012 — Using a sling or cast after injuring an arm may cause your brain to shift quickly to adjust, according to a new study. The study found increases in the size of brain areas that were compensating for ... > full story -
'Open-Source' Robotic Surgery Platform Going to Top Medical Research Labs
January 12, 2012 — Robotics experts have completed a set of seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories throughout the United ... > full story -
World's Most Extreme Deep-Sea Vents Revealed: Deeper Than Any Seen Before, and Teeming With New Creatures
January 10, 2012 — Scientists have revealed details of the world's most extreme deep-sea volcanic vents, five kilometers down in a rift in the Caribbean seafloor. The undersea hot springs, which lie 0.8 kilometers ... > full story -
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope: A Year of Achievement and Success
January 9, 2012 — The James Webb Space Telescope marked a year of significant progress in 2011 as it continues to come together as NASA's next generation space telescope. The year brought forth a pathfinder backplane ... > full story -
'Greeley Haven' Is Winter Workplace for Mars Rover
January 9, 2012 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), who ... > full story -
Bycatch-22: Protecting Butterfish
January 6, 2012 — Scientists work to assist fishermen in ways to avoid accidentally hauling in butterfish, a species protected by fishing limits. The researchers develop models to predict where the fish will ... > full story -
Mars Rover to Spend Winter at 'Greeley Haven'
January 6, 2012 — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next few months during the coldest part of Martian winter at Greeley Haven, an outcrop of rock on Mars recently named informally to honor ... > full story -
Leaping Lizards and Dinosaurs Inspire Robot Design
January 4, 2012 — A new study of how lizards use their tails when leaping through the trees shows that they swing the tail upward to avoid pitching forward after a stumble. Theropod dinosaurs -- the ancestors of birds ... > full story
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