Cyborg Cockroaches Developed By Boffins In Japan

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Image shows the Robobug: a rechargeable, remote-controllable cyborg cockroach in an undated photo. The achievement was reported in the scientific journal npj Flexible Electronics on Monday, Sep. 5, 2022. (RIKEN/Newsflash)

Japanese boffins have created part insect part machine cyborg cockroaches capable of tackling jobs ranging from monitoring hazardous areas to environmental protection. The project led by researchers at the RIKEN…

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Stony Corals Use Fan System To Save Themselves From Climate Change

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Image shows a coral in an undated photo. Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute in the German city of Bremerhaven discovered that corals can protect themselves from harmful oxygen concentrations by influencing the flow conditions on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. (Julian Gutt, Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Newsflash)

Corals have developed a sophisticated internal fan system to protect themselves from climate change, a new study has revealed. Coral reefs are under threat from coral bleaching which eventually leads…

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Scientists Create Fish-Shaped Robots To Absorb Microplastics

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A light-activated fish-shaped robot collects microplastics as it swims (scale bar is 10 mm). (Adapted from Nano Letters 2022, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01375/Newsflash)

Scientists have created fish-shaped robots to swim around and collect microplastics from the oceans’ nooks and crannies. Microplastics, tiny plastic particles that can be harmful to marine animals when ingested,…

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Scientists Create Material That Can Scrub Polluted Air Clean

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Professor Michael Zaworotko, Bernal Chair of Crystal Engineering and Science Foundation of Ireland Research Professor at University of Limerick’s Bernal Institute. (True Media/Sean Curtin/Newsflash)

New sponge-like material has been invented by scientists in Ireland that can absorb toxic benzene from polluted air. Benzene is classified as a carcinogen which increases the risk of cancer…

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New Pioneering Technique Uses Sound Waves To Blast Cancer Cells That Dont Come Back

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The 700kHz, 260-element histotripsy ultrasound array transducer used in Prof. Xu’s lab. (Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering/Newsflash)

A new pioneering technique developed at the University of Michigan can blast tumours in a non-invasive way, with experts saying that in 80 percent of cases, they do not grow…

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Experts Scan WWII Enigma Machine And Others Dating Back To 1870 Showing Inner Workings With 3D Models

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Deep insights into the Enigma thanks to special X-ray technology. (Fraunhofer IIS/Newsflash)

Experts in Germany have scanned the fascinating inner workings of encryption machines that were first developed in 1870 and that also included the famous Enigma machines used by the Nazis…

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Researchers Develop Worlds Smallest Battery Which Is Tinier Than A Grain Of Salt

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A picture of the smallest battery in the world is smaller than a grain of salt produced by the research team led by TU Chemnitz. (TU Chemnitz, Leibniz IFW Dresden/Newsflash)

What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…

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Jewish Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Testifies Against Former Secretary, 96, In German Court

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The former concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner in the Itzehoe regional court. (Newsflash)

A Jewish survivor of the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp has testified in court against a former secretary who is on trial for complicity in over 11,000 cases of murder and…

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Experts Find That After Worlds First Super Power Developed Hi Tech Armour 2700 Years Ago A Version Appeared In China

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The ancient leather shed armour could be dated to the period between 786 and 543 BC. Note: (D.L. Xu, P. Wertmann, M. Yibulayinmu/Newsflash)

Swiss experts have found evidence that no sooner had the world's first superpower developed weapons in the form of an ultra-light, easy to wear armour, than a version of it…

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Billionaire German Doctor Gives Up Illegal And Unapproved Self Made Vaxx After Police Raid

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Professor Dr. Winfried Stocker, 74, who developed his own COVID vaccine, and first tested it on himself, is under investigation for an illegal vaccination campaign at Lubeck Airport, in Germany, on 27th November. (Newsflash)

A German billionaire who developed his own, self-made vaccine against the coronavirus says he is giving up trying to administer it after a police raid. Winfried Stoecker, 74, said instead…

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