Researchers have found that spider silk produces a strong twisting motion when exposed to humidity, and may be usable for future artificial muscles or actuators. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: future
Free software made it on laptops but IoT future is bleak
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•If people cannot tinker with Internet of Things devices, then the future is bad for free software, Bradley Kuhn of the Software Freedom Conservancy has said. …read more Source:: Linux
To predict the future, the brain uses two clocks
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•One type of anticipatory timing relies on memories from past experiences. The other on rhythm. Both are critical to our ability to navigate and enjoy the world, and scientists have …read more Source:: Science
Alterations to seabed raise fears for future
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•The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity. The seabed plays a crucial role in controlling the degree of ocean acidification by …read more Source:: Science
So long, JCP: Eclipse has a new Java spec process in mind
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•By Paul Krill Through a new community process, the Eclipse Foundation seeks an open source, lightweight, code-first approach to evolving enterprise Java. The specification process and future revisions have to approved by the …read more Source:: OpenSource
If the birds can expect a larger profit in the future, they foregoe their desire for immediate reward
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•An economic decision-making involves weighing up differently beneficial alternatives to maximize profits. This sometimes requires foregoing one’s desire for immediate rewards. Not only does one have to control one’s own …read more Source:: Science
Light-engineered bacterial shapes could hold key to future labs-on-a-chip
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•Scientists have used light patterns to control the swimming speed of bacteria and direct them to form different shapes. …read more Source:: Science
Pulse of the polar vortex revealed: A key to mapping future storms
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•If you can predict the path of the jet stream, the upper atmosphere’s undulating river of wind, then you can predict weather — not just for a week or two, …read more Source:: Science
Blowin’ in the wind — A source of energy?
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•It may in the future be possible to harvest energy with the aid of leaves fluttering in the wind. Researchers have developed a method and a material that generate an …read more Source:: Science
Unconventional superconductor may be used to create quantum computers of the future
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•With their insensitivity to decoherence what are known as Majorana particles could become stable building blocks of a quantum computer. The problem is that they only occur under very special …read more Source:: Science