Roboy (credit: Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich) Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Zurich envisaged new class of service robots – Roboy – advanced humanoids covered with “soft skin” and having tendon-driven
A water bottle which will fill itself by drawing water from atmosphere is what NBD Nano co-founder and biochemist Deckard Sorensen conceived in his mind. He got inspired by Namib desert beetle(genus Stenocara), which does something similar. Living in a desert where
Number theorist Ken Ono from Emory University and his team derived a formula from last letter of Srinivas Ramanujan, which was a piece of puzzle for mathematicians around the world so far.Ramanujan, whose 125th birthday anniversary is on December 22, 2012 was a
Using ESA’s Cluster satellites as a space plasma microscope, scientists have zoomed in on the solar wind to reveal the finest detail yet, finding tiny turbulent swirls that could play a big role in heating it.Turbulence is highly complex and all around us, evident
If you haven’t seen this video take a look, it’s worth watching. As with everything else, it’s up to you to make your own opinion. All the links are below. Information courtesy of NASA, NOAA – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the US Library,
This is a simulation of the Earth’s radiation belts constructed from SAMPEX data around the time of the 2003 Halloween solar storms. In this visualization, we present the belts in cross-section to provide a better view of their interior structure.The Earth’s
In January 2005, some remarkable things happened on the Sun, and the implications are still reverberating through the scientific community. Between January 15th and 19th four powerful solar flares erupted from “sunspot 720”, shown in the picture above. Then on January
Storm response crews from the U.S. Geological Survey are installing more than 150 storm-tide sensors at key locations along the Atlantic Coast — from the Chesapeake Bay to Massachusetts — in advance of the arrival of Tropical Storm Sandy.Working with various
ESA’s quartet of satellites studying Earth’s magnetosphere, Cluster, has discovered that our protective magnetic bubble lets the solar wind in under a wider range of conditions than previously believed.Earth’s magnetic field is our planet’s first line of
Six Italian scientists and a government official were sentenced to six years in jail on October 22 for multiple manslaughter because they underestimated the risks of a deadly M6.3 earthquake that struck L’Aquila in 2009. An Italian court has found scientists directly
