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'Bionic Proteins': Nano-Machines Recreate Protein Activities
February 17, 2013 Physicists have developed nano-machines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system. These ... > full story -
Rapid Changes in the Arctic Ecosystem During Ice Minimum in Summer 2012
February 14, 2013 Huge quantities of algae are growing on the underside of sea ice in the Central Arctic: In 2012 the ice algae Melosira arctica was responsible for almost half the primary production in this area. ... > full story -
New Method to Measure the Redundancy of Information
February 14, 2013 Understanding information as well as its redundancy, or duplication, has been crucial in the development of many of our everyday items such mobile phones, the internet, the compact disc as well as ... > full story -
Robots With Lift: Researchers Use Combustible Gases to Power Leaping Machines
February 13, 2013 Using small explosions produced by a mix of methane and oxygen, researchers have designed a soft robot that can leap as much as a foot in the air. That ability to jump could one day prove critical in ... > full story -
More Evidence Needed for Scale Up of Mobile Device Technology in Health
February 12, 2013 Despite the hundreds of pilot studies using mobile health -- also known as 'mHealth'', which describe medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices -- there is insufficient evidence ... > full story -
Precision of GPS in Cities Improved by 90 Percent
February 12, 2013 Researchers have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine a vehicle's position as compared to that of conventional GPS devices by up to 90 percent, and which can be ... > full story -
A New 'Virtual Moderator' Helps Reach Consensus in Troubled Negotiations
February 12, 2013 Researchers have designed a new fuzzy ontology-based system to help making decisions in our daily ... > full story -
Virtual Vehicle Vibrations: Predicting Role of Posture in Traffic Collision Injuries
February 11, 2013 A researcher has designed a computer program that allows engineers to accurately predict the role posture plays in transferring the stress of vehicle motion to bone and muscle in the head and ... > full story -
Humans and Robots Work Better Together Following Cross-Training; Swapping of Roles Improves Efficiency
February 11, 2013 Spending a day in someone else's shoes can help us to learn what makes them tick. Now the same approach is being used to develop a better understanding between humans and robots, to enable them to ... > full story -
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Online or Off, Bullying Proves Harmful
February 11, 2013 Children who are bullied online or by mobile phone are just as likely to skip school or consider suicide as kids who are physically bullied, according to a study led by a ... > full story
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