Tag: Nanotechnology

Scientists Create Robot Fish That Collect Microplastics

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Scientists at Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University have invented tiny, self-propelled robot fish that can be programmed to remove free-floating microplastics from the sea by latching onto and absorbing them into its self-healing body. Inspired by nacre, commonly referred to as mother of pearl, researchers set out to create a similar sea-worthy material. They did so by “layering various microscopic sheets of molecules according …

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Flying Microrobots Are Upgraded With New Artificial Muscles

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Over the years, researchers at MIT have been developing aerial microrobots—tiny, insect-sized robots that can fly around and perform tasks—and have just revealed a big upgrade. The latest version utilizes a new fabrication technique that allows each bot to operate on 75% lower voltage and carry an 80% heavier payload. This technique creates soft actuators that act as artificial muscles around each bot’s four sets of wings. …

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Mysteries of the Unseen World

See beyond the limits of human vision with this 3D film from National Geographic, which makes its NY premiere at the American Museum of Natural History

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The current René Magritte exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC (which concludes on 12 January), titled “The Mystery of the Ordinary,” showcased surrealist paintings by the Belgian artist that challenged the way the viewer would perceive the “ordinary.” In a similar—and more contemporary—vein, “Mysteries of the Unseen World” is a film that takes the seemingly ordinary and applies advanced imagining technologies to …