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A scientist from Caltech’s Biological Propulsion Laboratory studies water and wind concepts. Bioinspiration processes are used to identify different types wind energies that are used in the world. he started to realize that schools of fish have constructive hydrodynamic interference located inside of the schools.
There are some problems that occur such as lack of space, [...]

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What difference does a ball make in a game? Well, when it’s the soccer ball that Adidas released for the World Cup, it means everything. The new “Jabulani” ball that was created specifically for the World Cup is said to have abnormal flight patterns. The goalie from Spain went so far as to criticize Adidas [...]

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How many times have you seen scientists get creative to win a photography contest? Well that’s exactly what happens once a year at Princeton University during the “Art of Science” contest. This contest that is held gives scientists a way to show their work in a creative way and gain recognition for it. This years [...]

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When you bite into a Life Saver Mint it creates a spectacular spark. Why? This is because the electrical charge builds up in the crystalline shape of the sugar within the candy. The effect is called triboluminescence. It occurs when the electrical charge is vigorously released as the structure of the crystals is broken.  This not [...]

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Led by the University of Melbourne, a team of engineers, chemists, and mathematicians have been gathered to study bubbles, specifically how they collide. This was before impossible, but with advances in facilities and microscopes it is now possible. The team believes this will affect many different areas of life, like in food (ice cream), water [...]

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In China, scientists were able to build a device that simulated the effects of a black hole, being able to absorb and trap microwaves.  This was created with 60 concentric layers of copper coated meta-materials. It traps the microwaves using patterns of resonant and non resonant meta-materials. They are able to spiral the radiation inward [...]

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A device is being developed that may be able to convert sound into light at a frequency that can find cancer spots before they are visibly detectable.  These light waves reflect off of explosives and other weapons in order to make them known.  Read more here. When you combine two semiconductors into a crystal and [...]

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Members of Congress are discussing alternative energy sources that can be used to reduce our dependence on imported items such as oil. They have recently been pushing changes due to the problems of cave-ins at coal mines and oil spills. Researchers have been looking into a new type of energy that can be made by [...]

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Members of Congress and scientists met at a conference in Washington DC to talk about some new different types of energy resources. These resources include anything from using cow manure to produce energy to using tinted glass to keep your inside cool to keep from running air conditioning. Many other ways are being thought up [...]

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