Skin tough
When weighing the pluses and minuses of your skin add this to the plus column: Your skin - like that of all vertebrates - is remarkably resistant to tearing. Now, a collaboration of researchers at t ... more
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From tobacco to cyberwood
Humans have been inspired by nature since the beginning of time. We mimic nature to develop new technologies, with examples ranging from machinery to pharmaceuticals to new materials. Planes are mod ... more
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GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection Tech Catches Wave in Real Time
Galileo daughter mission named Celeste to strengthen navigation resilience
How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems
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Next important step toward quantum computer
Physicists at the Universities of Bonn and Cambridge have succeeded in linking two completely different quantum systems to one another. In doing so, they have taken an important step forward on the ... more
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Researchers build brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand
A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle and other objects with a prosthetic hand, powered only by his thoughts. The technique, de ... more
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When will Kazakhstan finally be allowed into the WTO?
On January 1, the World Trade Organization, responsible for 97 percent of world trade, celebrated its 20th anniversary. On its website the WTO defines its role as "the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations." The WTO polices free trade agreements, settles trade disputes between governments and organizes trade negotiations and, most significantly, WTO decisions are absolute and every member must abide by its rulings. ... more
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U.S. defense in free fall
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan sign mutual defense pact
Brazil, Chile sign defense agreement
