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Spider Silk for Fixing Broken Bones: No More Additional Surgeries

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 Neha Shukla

Silk produced by the spiders or silkworm are known to have great tensile strength, elasticity and essentially bio-compatible. Medical researchers would very soon are going to use silk produced from these insects for fixing broken bones. Until now, metal screws, plates or biodegradable ones were being used for mending the bones. But now with this breakthrough invention we can have devices made up of silk for mending bones.

Plants Do Have IQ: An Ecological Possibility

March 5, 2014December 24, 2021 Neha Shukla

As proposed by the researchers from the University of Göttingen and the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), plants are capable of making arduous decisions when caught in tough situation and until now, plants intelligence was underestimated.

Protein Rich Diet Is As Threatening As Smoking Cigarette: Understanding Nutrition

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 Neha Shukla

A diet rich in proteins is good for a healthy and longer life, however, this belief does not hold true at all stages of life. According to a new study, a protein rich diet taken by a middle age persons, can be detrimental to health in the long run. The researchers claim that a heavy protein diet increases the risk of cancer, four times, making them as life threatening as smoking a cigarette.

Researchers Says Humans Have a Poor Memory For Sounds

March 4, 2014March 4, 2014 Neha Shukla

When in school or college, we avoided taking note, believing that we can remember all that is being talked about in the lecture. Though we sincerely paid attention to what was being taught, we could not recall much, later. This is not just the case in school or college, try and remember the list of groceries that was discussed in the morning breakfast table. This is not exceptionally a case with you, researchers says that humans fail to remember and recall things that they hear. In short, humans have poor…

Sugar Driven Smartphones And Laptops

March 3, 2014March 16, 2014 Neha Shukla

Today, almost all our works are dependent on electricity. And meeting the energy requirement of ever increasing population is a challenge. Electricity generation based on renewal source can not be alone sufficient to meet the demand and researchers are constantly looking for alternative ways of electricity production.

Researchers Conceptualizing An In-built Privacy Design: Humanoids

March 2, 2014 Neha Shukla

With an increasing use of robotics in various fields, more and more vital information are being transferred to these bots. Sharing information with these machines might seem grandeur but its brings along the challenge to safeguard the information stored in the robots from being hacked or being shared by others. British researchers to explore different ways of preventing these stored data are carrying out a three-year project worth 2 million pound.

Ghost Knifefish Inspired Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: Biomimicry

March 1, 2014March 1, 2014 Neha Shukla

In an attempt to design an underwater vehicle that can go into the depths of ocean, which are not, accessible or not safe for humans to dive in, scientists are studying the Ghost knifefish method of locomotion. The fish are known to hunt in the murky water of the Amazon basin with precision and to sense the environment, rely on the current that they pass through the water and whirl their long fin for smooth motion to move both horizontally (forward and backward) as well as vertically.

Flowing Water on Mars: Still Hard to Prove

February 28, 2014February 28, 2014 Neha Shukla

Presence of water on Mars has been always a topic of discussion for the researchers. Even though it is still not confirmed, whether the Red planet ever possessed water. Since 2011, peculiar strips (possibly water) have been noticed to appear and then disappear from the planet’s surface. Lujendra Ojha, the then scholar at the University of Arizona, first discovered these mysterious strips.

Super Ball Bot: NASA’s Latest Space Rover

February 27, 2014 Neha Shukla

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) keep coming up with new era robots that can be sent to space for exploration. There are certain limitations in each design such as time taking research, clumsy motions and prone to damage. Therefore, NASA is trying to design a bot that can transform the traditional way robots perform work assigned to them here on our planet or in the space. They are aiming to build a Super Ball Bot, which looks more like a motor fitted in between a mesh of rods…

Toro-Bots: The Movable Garden Lamps in Your Garden

February 27, 2014March 20, 2014 Neha Shukla

We all have seen beautifully maintained gardens with flowers, plants, colored pots, lamps statues and so on. But I am sure no one might have seen a garden with robots moving around and also taking care of it. The adorable looking robots with lights on the top and too many limbs are known as Toro Bots, created by the Japanese, are basically garden lamps that are capable of moving around in your garden of their own. And they are surely going to turn heads and attention towards your garden.

Machines Would Guard Drainage Tunnel: Fight Against Drug Peddlers

February 26, 2014 Neha Shukla

Most of us may not be aware that the drainage system that lay beneath our city and carry sewage, are also being actively used for drug smuggling. The underground system that runs between the Mexico and the United States are among the frequently used routes by the drug smugglers. Till date officers from U.S. Border Patrol were responsible to keep an eye on these activities going inside these filthy drains. These officers guarding the city used to crawl through these rotting, smelling puddles and completely counting on their instinct to…

On Road Traffic Controller: Humanoids Take Over Streets

February 26, 2014February 25, 2014 Neha Shukla

Robotics is one such area, which many people think can pose threat to human jobs. Bots could be seen everywhere, from automatizing work in mega factories to performing daily household chores. For instance, after the bar tending robot, now we would be witnessing a machine taking the charge of a traffic cop.

Eating Seasonal Fruits Gives Cognitive Edge: A Research

February 25, 2014 Neha Shukla

Fruits are good for maintaining a healthy body as well as a healthy mind, is a fact that almost everyone knows. A research conducted to understand the genesis of intelligence in the primates also confirms the same. Researchers have found that the lemurs gorging heavily on fruits show better cognitive abilities than the lemurs that feed on a variety of food such as leaves, insects, seed and so on. The finding supports the notion that eating seasonal fruits or fruits that are difficult to get, gives certain cognitive edge to…

Termites Inspire Crew of Tiny Autonomous Bots: Biomimicry

February 22, 2014February 21, 2014 Neha Shukla

Inspired from termites, which are usually known for causing damages to the buildings, researchers from Harvard University have created a crew of tiny robots that are designed to work autonomously. The bio-inspired robots termed as TERMES can work without any central supervision and can carry bricks to construct structures as towers, castles and pyramids.

Quest To Design Jellyfish Robot: Propulsion Movement Under Research

February 21, 2014 Neha Shukla

Animals have always inspired our scientists, whether it is in the field of medicine or robotics. Robots based on animal movement are not a new concept because animals perform activities more efficiently and proficiently, that are not yet achievable in our robots. In another animal inspired, jellyfish robot, researchers studied different animals from small creatures like moth to the largest like humpback whales, to understand how animals moved through water or air, with minimal transport cost. They discovered that the secret about their movement lies in the way these animals…