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Sunday, September 8, 2013

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Indiana Jones meets George Jetson: High-tech microplasma source may revolutionize how archaeologists date objects

Posted: 06 Sep 2013 08:42 AM PDT

A team of researchers has designed a microplasma source capable of exciting matter in a controlled, efficient way. This miniature device may find use in a wide range of applications in harsh environments, but can also help revolutionize archaeology.

Artificial muscles created which can lift loads 80 times its weight, a first in robotics

Posted: 03 Sep 2013 06:10 AM PDT

Scientists have created efficient artificial, or "robotic" muscles, which could carry a weight 80 times its own and able to extend to five times its original length when carrying the load -- a first in robotics. The team's invention will pave the way for the constructing of life-like robots with superhuman strength and ability.

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