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11/27/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Mother Nature’s amazing tech: Researchers studied dandelions to develop new parachutes, drones

The science behind how dandelions scatter their seeds is carefully being studied by researchers in biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and microfabrication at Scotland’s University of Edinburgh, lending them information into the physics of parachutes and giving them ideas on how to design small drones or micro air vehicles. The researchers gave the answer as to why […]

06/01/2017 / By JD Heyes

As North Korean missile threat grows, battlefield lasers are closer to reality

In yet another provocation, North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile on Monday — the third one this month and ninth this year — which landed dangerously close to Japan, ahead of a key U.S. anti-missile defense test that many hope will be the first successful trial in more than a year. But as the North […]

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