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17 June 2013 | ScienceNOW

How to Turn Your Cell Phone Into a Dolphin

by Sarah C. P. Williams
New algorithm allows scientists to determine the shape of a room from the sounds of echoes
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31 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Keeping Cool While Working Up a Sweat

by Susan Langthorp
Waterproof fabric whisks away perspiration
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2 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

Robotic Fly Takes to the Air, Briefly

by Elizabeth Pennisi
Miniature robot completes first controlled flight
1 May 2013 | ScienceNOW

New Camera Inspired by Insect Eyes

by Paul Gabrielsen
Flexible, inflatable device combines 180 lenses
23 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Meet FlipperBot, the Robotic Sea Turtle

by Shannon Palus
Machine helps explain how baby turtles navigate beach sand
16 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Parasite Inspires Surgical Patch

by Sid Perkins
Microneedle adhesive holds tissues together better than surgical staples
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15 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Could Wood Feed the World?

by Charles Q. Choi
Researchers develop way to turn inedible plants into food
3 April 2013 | ScienceNOW

Miniature Chip Detects Rogue Cancer Cells

by Paul Gabrielsen
Advance provides a chance to fend off late-stage cancer
28 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

A Computer Inside a Cell

by Robert F. Service
Chemical switches can be toggled together to form logic circuits like those in PCs
22 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Making Moonshine Safe to Drink

by Lizzie Wade
New wireless chip helps prevent methanol poisoning from adulterated alcohol
21 March 2013 | ScienceNOW

Video: Robots on the Beach

by Sid Perkins
Researchers develop models for how machines run across sand, pebbles, and other granular materials
14 February 2013 | ScienceNOW

How to Repel an Earthquake

by Sean Treacy
Invisibility cloak technology can redirect seismic waves
29 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

Are We Built to Be Lazy?

by Lizzie Wade , Lizzie Wade
Study attempts to figure out why we walk the way we do
9 January 2013 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Antenna Array Lights Up

by Robert F. Service
The largest ever collection of optical antennas could revolutionize applications from holography to bioimaging
13 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: I Like You When You Beat Your Tail Like That

by Virginia Morell
Robot fish lures in zebrafish with a flip of its tail
11 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Self-Healing Plastic 'Skin' Points Way to New Prosthetics

by Tim Wogan
Electrically conductive polymer heals its own cuts and tears
6 November 2012 | ScienceNOW

Nanoscale Device Makes Light Travel Infinitely Fast

by Adrian Cho
Gizmo doesn't violate relativity, but it could find uses in optical circuitry
17 September 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: As the Sperm Swims

by Elizabeth Norton
Computer-chip imaging peers into the lives of microscopic movers
24 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

New Computer Memory Material Goes Easy on the Juice

by Robert F. Service
Organic compounds could help retain data without a continuous trickle of electricity
23 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Video: Why Insect Wings Don't Fracture

by Sid Perkins
Veins protect against growth of cracks
10 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Too Much Rock 'n' Roll?

by Jon Cartwright
Technique could help designers create safer structures when fans rock too hard
9 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

'Smart Fingertips' Pave Way for Virtual Sensations

by Krystnell A. Storr
Flexible circuits first step in recreating sensations of touch, heat
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6 August 2012 | ScienceNOW

Mars Rover Already Doing Science

by Richard A. Kerr
New observations roll in just minutes after Curiosity’s touchdown
22 July 2012 | ScienceNOW

Artificial Jellyfish Swims Like the Real Thing

by Krystnell A. Storr
Cell-silicone hybrid may inform design of replacement hearts
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15 July 2012 | ScienceNOW

Imagining Tomorrow's Computers Today

by Jop de Vrieze
Intel futurist Brian David Johnson tries to forecast how we'll interact with technology in 2020
20 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Get Ready for Gigapixels

by Sid Perkins
Prototype camera can spot a silver dollar 1 kilometer away
15 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

Fuel Cell Runs on Brain Power

by Steven Ross Pomeroy
Implantable device draws energy from cerebrospinal fluid
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11 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Avalanche Warning?

by Sid Perkins
Voltage spikes may precede catastrophic structural failures
7 June 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Robot Fish Fools Its Companions

by Sid Perkins
Zebrafish prefer to hang out with machine rather than sit in tank alone
25 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: The Bionic Snail

by Sid Perkins
Implanted electrodes turn creature into a living fuel cell
23 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

Return of the Vacuum Tube

by Jon Cartwright
Researchers create a nano version of the modern transistor's predecessor
18 May 2012 | ScienceNOW

ScienceShot: Disposable Keypads

by Jane J. Lee
High-tech paper gets buttons
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20 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

A Practical Blueprint for a Low-Carbon Electric World?

by Dan Ferber
New report presents “transformative” technologies to wean world from fossil fuel-based electricity
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18 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

Massive Energy Storage, Courtesy of West Ireland

by Dan Ferber
Novel project plans to use region to generate three-quarters of the power of the Hoover Dam
10 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

A Piranha-Proof Fish

by Daniel Strain
Unique scales keep arapaima from becoming lunch
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1 February 2012 | ScienceNOW

How to Build a Hardy Web

by Daniel Strain
Unusual mechanical behavior in single strands of spider silk makes for a heavy-duty trap
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31 January 2012 | ScienceNOW

Rap Music Powers Health Device

by Jane J. Lee
A little Jay-Z each day could keep the doctor away
2 November 2011 | ScienceNOW

Jumping Rope by the Numbers

by John Bohannon
Mathematical model shows how a subtle bend in the rope helps reduce drag
17 October 2011 | ScienceNOW

Winged Robots Hint at the Origins of Flight

by John Bohannon
Flapping bots support the idea that avian ancestors first took off from trees, not the ground
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20 September 2011 | ScienceNOW

Waste Water + Bacteria = Clean Energy

by Sid Perkins
Researchers find green way to produce hydrogen fuel
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