Bats have been using sonar to navigate and communicate for ages, and now humans can do the same, thanks to lightweight and efficient ultrasound microphones and loudspeakers developed by physicists. …read more Source:: Science
Day: July 7, 2015
Researchers find the organization of human brain to be nearly ideal
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•The structure of the human brain has an almost ideal network of connections — the links that permit information to travel from, say, the auditory cortex (responsible for hearing) to …read more Source:: Science
The future of travel? A tube called Hyperloop
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•When asked to imagine the future of transportation, most might draw a car of the future, perhaps solar powered and autonomously driven. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Cause of Falcon rocket accident still eludes SpaceX, CEO says
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – SpaceX is still homing in on why its Falcon 9 rocket exploded after liftoff last week, unable to resolve conflicting data radioed back to the …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Engineers give invisibility cloaks a slimmer design
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•Researchers have designed a new cloaking device that overcomes some of the limitations of existing ‘invisibility cloaks.’ In a new study, electrical engineers have designed a cloaking device that is …read more Source:: Science
Could black phosphorus be the next silicon?
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•Researchers report that when electrons move in a phosphorus transistor, they do so only in two dimensions. The finding suggests that black phosphorus could help engineers surmount one of the …read more Source:: Science