Political science
Oct 14, 2024
What does Springfield, Illinois, in 1908 tell us about Springfield, Ohio, in 2024?
Lying about Black people is nothing new in political campaigning.
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Environment
May 26, 2021
Floating ocean plastic can get a boost to its wave-induced transport because of its size
Plastic pollution and other ocean debris are a complex global environmental problem. Every year, ten million tons of plastic are estimated to be mismanaged, resulting in entry into the ocean, of which half will float initially. ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Sep 4, 2020
Opto-thermoelectric microswimmers
In a recent report, Xiaolei Peng and a team of scientists in materials science and engineering at the University of Texas, U.S., and the Tsinghua University, China, developed opto-thermoelectric microswimmers bioinspired ...
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May 24, 2019
A collaboration between art and science explores the turbulent physics of eddies
Many of us as kids have played Poohsticks—throwing a twig into flowing water from a bridge or riverbank and watching it race downstream, but then losing the competition because your stick gets caught in the endless spin ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Feb 24, 2016
Fluid dynamics model accurately predicts how bubbles impact on solid surfaces
Bubbles are an essential part of many industrial applications including foam formation, water purification, and oil and gas extraction. To understand the effects of bubbles in these systems, A*STAR researchers have developed ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 26, 2014
UN warns El Nino likely by end of year
The "El Nino" phenomenon, which sparks climate extremes around the globe, is likely to take hold in the Pacific Ocean by the end of the year and could even do so within weeks, the UN said on Thursday.
Robotics
Mar 21, 2013
Terradynamics: Technique could help designers predict how legged robots will move on granular surfaces (w/ video)
Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots – and potentially also animals – move on and interact with complex granular ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Nov 5, 2012
Â鶹ÒùÔºicists use Kinect to control holographic tweezers (w/ Video)
(Â鶹ÒùÔº)—Researchers at the University of Dundee in Scotland have devised a means of using a Microsoft Kinect sensing system to allow for hand control of holographic optical tweezers. They describe their results in a ...
