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- Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers
- Wrinkle-faced male bats lower face masks to copulate
- Robotic AI learns to be spontaneous
- Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovas on Earth
- Dark matter from the depths of the universe
- Power-free system harnesses evaporation to keep items cool
| Sensor for smart textiles survives washing machine, cars and hammers Posted: 11 Nov 2020 03:06 PM PST If the smart textiles of the future are going to survive all that we throw at them, their components are going to need to be resilient. Now, researchers have developed an ultra-sensitive, seriously resilient strain sensor that can be embedded in textiles and soft robotic systems. It could be used in everything from virtual reality simulations and sportswear to clinical diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's Disease. |
| Wrinkle-faced male bats lower face masks to copulate Posted: 11 Nov 2020 12:31 PM PST The first behavioral observations of wrinkle-faced bats in their natural habitat reveal that this elusive species uses the rarest form of bat courtship behavior, according to a new study. |
| Robotic AI learns to be spontaneous Posted: 11 Nov 2020 11:44 AM PST Autonomous functions for robots, such as spontaneity, are highly sought after. Many control mechanisms for autonomous robots are inspired by the functions of animals, including humans. Roboticists often design robot behaviors using predefined modules and control methodologies, which makes them task-specific, limiting their flexibility. Researchers offer an alternative machine learning-based method for designing spontaneous behaviors by capitalizing on complex temporal patterns, like neural activities of animal brains. They hope to see their design implemented in robotic platforms to improve their autonomous capabilities. |
| Tree rings may hold clues to impacts of distant supernovas on Earth Posted: 11 Nov 2020 11:44 AM PST Massive explosions of energy happening thousands of light-years from Earth may have left traces in our planet's biology and geology, according to new research. |
| Dark matter from the depths of the universe Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:39 AM PST Cataclysmic astrophysical events such as black hole mergers could release energy in unexpected forms. Exotic low-mass fields (ELFs), for example, could propagate through space and cause feeble signals detectable with quantum sensor networks such as the atomic clocks of the GPS network or the magnetometers of the GNOME network. These results are particularly interesting in the context of the search for dark matter, as low-mass fields are regarded as promising candidates for this exotic form of matter. |
| Power-free system harnesses evaporation to keep items cool Posted: 11 Nov 2020 09:28 AM PST Researchers have developed a two-layer passive cooling system, made of hydrogel and aerogel, that can keep foods and pharmaceuticals cool for days without the need for electricity. |
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