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Ultra-fast robot arm can catch objects on the fly

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 16:05

Scientists have developed a new robot arm capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five-hundredths of a second.

Plants that survive on metal!

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 15:58

This plant species has a unique lifestyle - it eats nickel for a living - and can be a crucial entrant in the field of green technologies.

World`s first electric aircraft E-Fan takes flight

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 13:54

World`s first ever electric aircraft has successfully taken its maiden voyage. This electric aircraft called `E-Fan` is the latest creation of Toulouse-based Airbus.

Soon, your clothes could help you charge your cell phone

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:59

Researchers have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small electronics.

Why Antarctica isn`t warming as much as other continents

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:56

Researchers have explained why Antarctica is not warming as much as other continents, and why southern Australia is recording more droughts.

Ice-loss making Earth move 250 miles down

Last Updated: Monday, May 12, 2014, 10:50

Researchers have explained why the upward motion of the Earth`s crust in the Northern Antarctic Peninsula is currently taking place so quickly.

Star Wars-styled robotic arm approved for mass production

Last Updated: Sunday, May 11, 2014, 16:33

DARPA, the US Defense Department`s advanced research agency, had set out to find a better solution for amputees than the metal hooks still widely used today nearly eight years ago.

100 cameras to spy on Berlin for 100 years!

Last Updated: Sunday, May 11, 2014, 13:20

What if you are told that your grandchildren would retrieve a hidden camera 100 years from now - May 16, 2114 to be precise - to witness municipal changes in your city!

Narendra Modi lauds Indian scientists on National Technology Day

Last Updated: Sunday, May 11, 2014, 13:07

BJP leader Narendra Modi Sunday said Indian scientists are "our strength" and they will help shape the future in this "knowledge era", while greeting the nation and the community of scientists on National Technology Day.

Argentine scientist who challenged Monsanto dies

Last Updated: Sunday, May 11, 2014, 07:23

Dr Andres Carrasco, an Argentine neuroscientist who challenged pesticide regulators to re-examine one of the world`s most widely used weed killers, has died. He was 67.