Monthly Archive: March 2020
By Nick Lavars – A new technology developed at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology could enable for implanted medical devices to be powered wirelessly with ultrasound. KAUST. – Implantable medical devices such as hearing aids or pacemakers are of huge value, but …
By Ben Coxworth – Light Blade being tested near the Gaza border. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. – In the past couple of years, both bomb-carrying balloons and brush fire-causing flaming kites have been launched from Gaza into neighboring Israel. A new system uses …
By David Szondy – Sandia National Laboratories researchers leading the MARCUS project are working to develop a system that addresses current and future national security threats posed by small unmanned aircraft systems. Randy Montoya. – Robotics engineers from SNL (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM) …
By Rich Haridy – This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 colored yellow, emerging from the surface of cells (colored pink). NIAID-RML. – A new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is affirming early estimates suggesting 5.1 days is the average …
By Katherine Ripley – Updated October 24, 2019 – If you’re a woman, especially in a male-dominated field, you probably know what it feels like to be overshadowed by male colleagues, even when you’re doing better work than them. All of the women …
By Rich Haridy – “Horse Motion.” A horse breeder plays a horse in one of the stables of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abbas Alkhamis, Saudi Arabia, Winner, National Awards, 2020 Sony World Photography Awards. – One of the largest and most prestigious …
By Michael Irving – The new bendable concrete is put to the test. Swinburne University. – Concrete is the world’s most widely-used building material thanks to its incredible strength – but it doesn’t stand up well against bending. Now, researchers at Swinburne University …
By Genevieve Carlton – Updated November 21, 2019 – What was it like to live at Los Alamos during the Manhattan Project? As thousands worked to build a top-secret atomic device, the US military tried to keep the entire city secret. All …
By Quinn Armstrong – Updated August 20, 2019 – Within a complex of chapels, cathedrals, and palaces in Turino, Italia, there’s an airtight case made of bulletproof glass. The temperature and chemical composition of the air inside this case is carefully …
Alba, who was captured and caged in 2017, underwent nearly two years of rehabilitation. (BOSF 2020/Indrayana) – By Brigit Katz, SmithsonianMag.Com – Last month, conservationists released three rehabilitated orangutans into Indonesia’s Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. While monitoring one of the primates, …