Recent science news on Science Island. Read more here: https://scienceisland.org/ 1 - NASA Installs Giant Composite Material Research Robot It looks like something out of a “Transformers” movie – a huge robotic arm that moves and spins to pick up massive heads filled with spools of carbon fibers, then moves in preprogrammed patterns to deposit those fibers onto a 40-foot long bed. But instead of transforming from machine to Autobot, it can transform epoxy and fibers into aerospace structures and parts. 2 - Milestone in Accelerating Particles With Plasma Scientists have shown that a promising technique for accelerating electrons on waves of plasma is efficient enough to power a new generation of shorter, more economical accelerators. This could greatly expand their use in areas such as medicine, national security, industry and high-energy physics research. 3 - Direct Brain Interface Between Humans Researchers have successfully replicated a direct brain-to-brain connection between pairs of people as part of a scientific study following the team’s initial demonstration a year ago. In the newly published study, which involved six people, researchers were able to transmit the signals from one person’s brain over the Internet and use these signals to control the hand motions of another person within a split second of sending that signal. 4 - Engineered for Tolerance, Bacteria Pump Out Higher Quantity of Renewable Gasoline An international team of bioengineers has boosted the ability of bacteria to produce isopentenol, a compound with desirable gasoline properties. The finding is a significant step toward developing a bacterial strain that can yield industrial quantities of renewable bio-gasoline.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 22:26:41 +0000
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