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10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

U.S. Army begins testing a new bullet-proof “spider suit”

Its creator dubbed it “Dragon Silk.” Yet the bullet-proof body armor that will be made from it is dubbed the “spider suit.” The odd naming conflict is because the material is actually spider silk spun by silkworms, an article in the Daily Mail reported. Natural spider silk is one of the strongest materials in existence. Many believe […]

10/30/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New biosynthetic spider silk behaves like the real thing … and scientists say they’re about to make it even stronger

There are very few things in nature that are stronger and tougher than the silk that makes up spiderwebs. An article in Science Daily stated that Washington-based researchers have not only managed to biologically synthesize a version of spider silk, they also know how to improve it even further. In its natural form, spider silk […]

08/10/2018 / By RJ Jhonson

Scary magnetic control system moves DNA-based robots in less than a second

Nanorobots are advancing at a much, much faster pace than expected. In an article published in the journal Nature Communications, scientists unveiled a new control system that improved the response time of nanorobot components from a few minutes to just under a second. Nanorobots have been of special interest among many scientists for years now, […]

07/31/2018 / By Zoey Sky

A retinal prosthesis is being developed to restore sight to blind people

Can organic printing inks help restore vision? It looks like the answer could soon be a resounding “Yes,” as teams of researchers from Tel Aviv University and Linköping University are developing a simple retinal prosthesis that could restore sight to the blind. The device will be made using affordable and common organic pigments often used in printing inks and cosmetics. The […]

07/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The rise of Terminator-like machines: Biohybrid robot made with muscles grown from hydrogel sheets

What did Japanese researchers do when they found a new way to grow biological muscles out of hydrogel sheets? Why, make cyborgs, of course. An article in Science Daily detailed how they created a robot with living tissue over a metal endoskeleton using their newly developed technique. This prototype is the latest Frankensteinian creation of […]

07/29/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Next-gen contact lenses designed to be “wearable holograms”

In the near future, contact lens might become self-powered wearable tools that can diagnose your health based on your tears. That is because U.K. researchers have found a way to print nanostructure “holograms” on their surface that turns the lenses into “smart” electronics, an article from Nano Werks states. Human tears contain biomarkers that provide data […]

07/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

“Air-con” clothes? Scientists develop cooling fabric inspired by the comet moth

Silkworms may have a new competitor when it comes to producing refreshingly cool and bright-looking silk fabrics. The fibers spun by wild Madagascar comet moths look much more vivid and feel much cooler on the skin. An article in Newswise reports that research engineers have created artificial materials based on these fibers to replicate their cooling […]

06/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Nano-sized cellulose fibers beat spider silk in being the strongest material on Earth

What is the strongest material on Earth? If you answered “spider silk,” you have just named the former champion, now demoted to second place. In a study published in ACS Nano, researchers reported that new nanoscale cellulose fibers have become the Superman of building materials. Many of our scientific advances pale in comparison to what nature has developed and […]

06/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers create 3D printer that works directly on human skin, could be used to print temporary sensors

Who needs wearable electronics when you can print them on your skin directly? That is the thinking that drove Minnesota-based researchers to customize a 3D printer so that it can put sensors and other temporary electronics on human skin, an article on Phys.org stated. Using the skin of anything alive as a printing surface is difficult […]

06/08/2018 / By Janine Acero

Engineers are developing a fluorescent microscope that doesn’t use lenses and captures 3D data

Microscopes are essential tools in various fields of science, but much like other forms of technology, scientists have decided that the bulky microscope should have a portable – tiny even – version, to make it possible to use it to image many of the areas deep inside the body. Traditional fluorescent microscopes are important tools […]

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