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Inspired by phototropism, the phenomenon of plants growing toward light sources, bioengineers from the University of California Berkeley have created a hydrogel that can creatively be manipulated by light.
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A two mile wide asteroid creatively named 1998 QE2 will be approaching Earth today.
The Agitation Squad
Mechanical Engineering students at Rice University have created a way to extract and store energy from each and every step you take.
Their PediPower shoes turn motion into juice for portable electronics and, perhaps someday, for life-preserving medical devices.
A Medical Marvel
An awesome new device puts your body’s information where it belongs: in your hands.
Share it with your doctor and others to take health conversations – and discoveries – to a new level.
Learn ways that different people, locations, activities, foods, beverages, and medicines affect your body. Sick or well.
Discover connections. Watch trends. Spot side effects. Catch problems early. And track them. Get healthier.
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Welcome the RP-VITA, the first robot able to navigate the hospital on its own.
Yummy
Cowabunga dude!
Don’t try this at home.
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Whether we like it or not, robots are coming. Will making them more humanlike make it easier for us to adapt to their presence?
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“Best high school football player I’ve seen. Huge talent.”
Commander Chris Hadfield
Commander Chris Hadfield, the first Canadian to walk in space, has now become the first man to record a hit music video in space, with his spectacular rendition of David Bowie’s Space Oddity while abord the International Space Station.