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Oct 31, 2012 04:57 AM EDT

Autonomous Flying Robots Can Avoid Obstacles

An autonomous flying robot has been devised by the researchers at Cornell University. What makes this flying robot unique is that is can function as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around obstacles.

Oct 30, 2012 05:53 AM EDT

Robots Can Save Energy with Hopping

In research that could extend the range of future rescue and exploration robots, scientists have found that hopping robots could significantly reduce the amount of energy they use by adopting a unique two-part "stutter jump."

Oct 30, 2012 05:48 AM EDT

Dissecting Sandy and Imaging the Hybrid Storm

Atlantic tropical storms mostly tear through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and lose energy as they pass over the U.S mainland. However, Hurricane Sandy crept along the Eastern Seaboard, where waters that were warmer than usual for this time of year and that kept the storm alive and kicking. ...

Oct 26, 2012 05:25 AM EDT

Older Adults Trust Robot-Helpers But keep Them Away from Personal Care

The older adults who love to their independence would be reluctant to avail help in their daily activities. Will the new robotic assistance help in changing Grandma and Grandpa's perspective?

Oct 12, 2012 05:13 AM EDT

Cell Phones Used To Control Spread of Malaria

Globally nearly 3 billion people fall victim to malaria and nearly 1 million people die due to the dreaded disease with 90 percent of children in the Sub Saharan Africa afflicted by it.Now, a modern gadget has helped researchers to map and target the disease. The cell phone data of 15 million people...

Oct 11, 2012 04:45 AM EDT

New Way to Determine Amount of Charge Remaining in Battery

Currently in the United States, consumers are slow to embrace electric vehicles. One prime factor against resistance to the electric car is buyers' anxiety over finding a charging station. It is very tough to sell an electric vehicle that needs to be plugged in overnight as the thought of being stra...

Oct 10, 2012 04:38 AM EDT

New MRI Technique to Detect Early Stage of Coronary Heart Disease

The researchers are a step closer in finding an imaging technique that can identify thickening of the coronary artery wall, an early stage of coronary heart disease (CAD). This is based on the result of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Oct 10, 2012 03:50 AM EDT

Brainless Slime Moulds Have Memory: Study

Researchers at the University of Sydney have shown how a slime mould can remember where it's been, and navigate through complex obstacles even without a brain. They do this using excreted chemical as a memory system.

Oct 09, 2012 05:18 AM EDT

Infrared Reveals Giant Black Holes

Supermassive black holes are known to be present in the centers of all galaxies. In the most massive galaxies in the Universe they grow through violent collisions with other galaxies. And this ignites the formation of new stars and provided food for the black holes to devour.

Oct 10, 2012 03:01 AM EDT

Deep Impact spacecraft completed a firing of its onboard rocket motors

Designed to study the composition of the comet interior of Tempel, NASA's Deep Impact was launched on 2005. Till date Deep Impact has travelled a total of 4.2 billion miles.

Oct 08, 2012 07:55 AM EDT

Solar Dynamic Observatory in Semi-Annual Eclipse Season

Launched in 2010, Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is a NASA mission that will observe Sun for over five years. It is part of the Living With a star program. SDO has now moved into its semi-annual eclipse season. During this the Earth blocks the telescope's view of the sun for a period of time each...

Oct 07, 2012 09:45 AM EDT

Researchers Train Computer to Predict Human Brain

One of the biggest challenges in developing computers that can think and see in the same way as humans is to understand how human brain categorizes information through signs and language. The researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology train a computer using fMRI datasets to train a computer...