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One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

September 19, 2017
engineering   robotics  

The development of a self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough in soft robotics.

What’s scary about 2017’s hurricanes isn’t just their strength. It’s how fast they’re achieving it.

What’s scary about 2017’s hurricanes isn’t just their strength. It’s how fast they’re achieving it.

September 19, 2017

Research from by Chia-Ying Lee, an atmospheric scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society, is shedding light on the rapid intensification of hurricanes.

I Saw the Future in Columbia’s Nanotechnology Clean Room

I Saw the Future in Columbia’s Nanotechnology Clean Room

September 19, 2017

Columbia University’s Clean Room is a newly renovated $20 million facility for nanoscience projects so sensitive that one spare particle can ruin them.

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