AstronomyNASA Research Examines the Costs and Benefits of Orbital Debris Clearance Laurel, Maryland — According to NASA research, some ways of eliminating orbital junk could pay for themselves in less than a decade by lowering the…
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TechnologyRobotic Caterpillar Demonstrates a Novel Method of Motions for Flexible Robotics Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot’s movement…
TechnologyAn AI approach to Brain Imaging Tests may aid in the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease from routine brain imaging tests such as MRI scans. AI algorithms can analyze these scans…
AstronomyA Harvard Scientist Prepares a Pacific Voyage to Locate the First Interstellar Meteor A voyage to the Pacific is being planned by a well-known Harvard scientist in search of what he believes may have been an alien artifact…
BiologyHow the Thylacosmilus, a “Marsupial Sabertooth,” Perceived the Universe Using teeth so big they stretched across the top of its cranium, an ancient carnivorous marsupial cousin with wide-set eyes like a bovine or a…
PsychologySocial Isolation Causes Astrocyte-mediated Learning and Memory Deficits There is some evidence to suggest that social isolation may indeed have an impact on learning and memory through astrocyte-mediated mechanisms. Astrocytes are a type…
TechnologyCell Sheet Delivery System Developed That Is Similar To Transfer Tattoos A team of experts from Korea and other countries recently announced the effective creation of a cell sheet that resembles a transfer tattoo and can…
TechnologyResearchers Develop a Production Method for Spintronics that Could Transform the Electronics Sector Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a group from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a ground-breaking method…