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Korean scientists are developing a powerful new sound and motion sensor that could someday give people, buildings and more the equivalent of “Spidey sense.” This isn’t some fantastical plot twist from a new Spider-Man movie, but rather a practical application of the discovery of how spider legs function in the real world. These “crack sensors”

Has the potential to transform how tropical research is conducted   High above the Amazon rainforest in Peru, a team of scientists and technicians is conducting an ambitious experiment: a biological survey of a never-before-explored tract of remote and inaccessible cloud forest. They are doing so using an advanced system that enables them to map

Solar power and rainwater collection in one single unit While our planet may be made up mostly of water, and electricity is used in every developed country, both of these resources are in tragically short supply in many places around the globe. Moreover, the majority of still developing countries are located on or near the

Imagine a 3-d printer so large that it can spit out entire buildings made from stone. Sounds science fiction-y, right? But that’s exactly what designer Enrico Dini created with his prototype D-Shape printer. Dini hopes to use the printer to create buildings made of stone and eventually, moon dust. The printing process starts with a

SOME say privacy is the greatest luxury. Your correspondent believes silence is even more golden. Like others, he puts up with the hubbub of daily life as a trade-off for the convenience of living in a city rather than the wilderness. In doing so, he accepts there is no escape from the noise of vehicles

It’ll be a shorter payback than any other form of renewable energy The solar power system Facebook Inc. plans for its new Menlo Park headquarters won’t just supply electricity. It’ll heat water for the showers, too. And maybe help clean dishes in the cafe. The system will be designed and installed by Cogenra Solar, a

The work offers a promising new way to fabricate materials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have developed a novel method for creating self-assembled protein/polymer nanostructures that are reminiscent of fibers found in living cells. The work offers a promising new way to fabricate materials for drug delivery and

Sadly, widespread homelessness isn’t going away any time soon, and until society works out a larger solution, ideas are needed to improve the living conditions of people without a home right now. One such idea put forward is a cardboard-constructed pop-up shelter dubbed “Cardborigami,” which is designed to serve as a transitional shelter until a permanent