Engineered robot interacts with live fish

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A bioinspired robot has provided the first experimental evidence that live zebrafish can be influenced by engineered robots. Results published in IOP Publishing's journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, provide a stepping stone on the path to using autonomous robots in an open environment to monitor and control fish behaviour. In the future, water-based robots could potentially contribute

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China's manned spacecraft in final preparations
for mid-June launch

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China's Shenzhou-9 manned spacecraft is in final preparations for its launch in mid-June, paving the way for China's first manned space docking mission, as well as the country's first space mission featuring a female astronaut. The mission will feature the country's first attempt at manual space docking with the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, as well as tasks to be completed aboard the Tiangong

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Alien Earths Could Form Earlier than Expected

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Building a terrestrial planet requires raw materials that weren't available in the early history of the universe. The Big Bang filled space with hydrogen and helium. Chemical elements like silicon and oxygen - key components of rocks - had to be cooked up over time by stars. But how long did that take? How many of such heavy elements do you need to form planets? Previous studies have shown

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Personal Assistant Catfight Is Brewing As Evi
Tries To Keep Pace With Apples Siri

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It seems that Apple rivals are everywhere these days, and the world of personal assistant apps is no different. Since October [...]

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China leads the march for the green economy

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Quantifying the financial value of services provided by ecosystems will be a hot topic at the Rio+20 conference ? and China is taking the lead

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'Magical state' of embryonic stem cells

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With their potential to treat a wide range of diseases and uncover fundamental processes that lead to those diseases, embryonic stem (ES) cells hold great promise for biomedical science.

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Robert Norton Noyce: Co-Inventor of the
Integrated Circuit

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Born on December 12, 1927, Robert Norton Noyce was a scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur. He is best known for co-inventing the integrated circuit with Jack Kilby. He was known as "the Mayor of Silicon Valley" because of his contributions to the personal computer.Education and Early Career

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China readies three taikonauts for station visit

The stage is set for China?s space program to make history this weekend, as it prepares to send three taikonauts to visit Tiangong-1, the country?s first space station.

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AI Takes Baby Steps: RoboBaby Learns Words

From Scientific American: In 1998, a strange fad swept the nation. Standing a mere 5 inches tall, the gremlin-esque talking robots known as furbies became the season's must-have toys for kids (much to Hasbro's delight). The most compelling aspect of furbies wasn't their strange, half ham

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