How can we investigate the effects of a new drug? How can we better understand the interaction between different organs to grasp the systemic response? In biomedical research, so-called organs-on-a-chip, also referred to as microphysiological…
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How you handle your home life can boost work performance, shows new study
A new study shows that people who proactively reorganise their family routines — such as adjusting childcare schedules or redistributing domestic responsibilities — are more likely to demonstrate adaptability and innovation at work.
Researchers…
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Humans used whale bones to make tools 20,000 years ago
Western Europeans crafted hunting weapons out of bones from whales stranded on the Atlantic shoreline between 20,000 and 14,000 years ago, researchers report May 27 in Nature Communications.
Previously excavated finds at Stone Age…
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Congratulations to the #ICRA2025 best paper award winners
The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) best paper winners and finalists in the various different categories have been announced. The recipients were revealed…
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#ICRA2025 social media round-up – Robohub
The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) took place from 19–23 May, in Atlanta, USA. The event featured plenary and keynote sessions, tutorial and workshops,…
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Robot Talk Episode 122 – Bio-inspired flying robots, with Jane Pauline Ramos Ramirez
Claire chatted to Jane Pauline Ramos Ramirez from Delft University of Technology about drones that can move on land and in the air.
Jane Pauline Ramos Ramirez is a licensed engineer with a…
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Brain drain? More like brain gain: How high-skilled emigration boosts global prosperity
As the national debate intensifies around immigration, a new study from the University of California School of Global Policy and Strategy is challenging conventional wisdom about “brain drain” — the idea that when skilled workers emigrate from…
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A faster, more reliable method for simulating the plasmas used to make computer chips
Plasma — the electrically charged fourth state of matter — is at the heart of many important industrial processes, including those used to make computer chips and coat materials. Simulating those plasmas can be challenging, however, because…
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An artificial protein that moves like something found in nature
The ability to engineer shapeshifting proteins opens new avenues for medicine, agriculture, and beyond.
Proteins catalyze life by changing shape when they interact with other molecules. The result is a muscle twitching, the perception of light,…
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World’s Largest Cliff-Top Boulder Provides Evidence of Ancient Tsunami in Tonga
Locally known as Maka Lahi, meaning ‘Big Rock,’ this boulder was moved more than 200 m inland by a tsunami around 7,000 years ago.
The limestone boulder Maka Lahi. Image credit: Köhler et al., doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2025.107567.
The Maka…
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