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Fur and feathers keep animals warm by scattering light - 1 views

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In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect infrared light may contribute significant insulating power to the exceptionally warm winter coats of polar bears and other animals.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In work that has major implications for improving the performance of building insulation, scientists at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco have calculated that hairs that reflect infrared light may contribute significant insulating power to the exceptionally warm winter coats of polar bears and other animals.</div>

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New genes spring, spread from non-coding DNA - 0 views

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genes spring spread dna science BIO

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looks like evolution is getting better and better understood

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Internet-based surveillance systems for monitoring emerging infectious diseases : The L... - 0 views

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surveillance systems monitoring BIO science AI technology

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Analysis of salamander jump reveals an unexpected twist - 1 views

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BIO science phy technology

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Cheap battery stores energy for a rainy day : Nature News & Comment - 0 views

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energy battery science phy nature

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Thijs interested? quinones are my field

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How electricity helps spider webs snatch prey and pollutants - 0 views

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electricity spider webs science BIO

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interesting article on spider webs as electrostatic catchers. Would be interesting to see if they also catch bacteria by this principle for the cleanrooms at ESA and the ISS...

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">interesting article on spider webs as electrostatic catchers. Would be interesting to see if they also catch bacteria by this principle for the cleanrooms at ESA and the ISS... </div>

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First plastic cell with working organelle - 0 views

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cell plastic science BIO technology

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pretty awesome Opens the door to a lot more biomimetic approaches

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Peacock Spider Dances to YMCA - YouTube - 3 views

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peacock spider fun

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Biomimicr-E: Nature-Inspired Energy Systems | AAAS - 4 views

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energy science phy space

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some biomimicry used in energy systems... maybe it sparks some ideas

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Mustachioed Rover Simultaneously Manly, Adorable - 2 views

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fun

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We should have had this for the Movember :)

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Electron 'antenna' tunes in to physics beyond Higgs - 0 views

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Anna, Sante, some Christmas reading! Real theoretical physicists never sleep ;)

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Scientists discover double meaning in genetic code - 4 views

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code BIO science

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Does this have implications for AI algorithms??

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Revolutionizing solar energy: Quantum waves found at the heart of organic solar cells - 1 views

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quantum energy organic cells BIO

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pretty interesting! I am still convinced we can do something in this :)

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'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles - 2 views

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Tom Gheysens on 04 Dec 13

anna, this is your shit ;) ...and they mentione albert einstein so it has to be an intelligent and good finding :)

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Four-winged robot flies like a jellyfish - tech - 25 November 2013 - New Scientist - 2 views

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technology science PHY bio

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Computer searches web 24/7 to analyze images and teach itself common sense - 0 views

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computer web science technology AI

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Tom Gheysens on 21 Nov 13

Now this is a step in the right direction of the discussion we had in one of the wednesday meetings "thoughts of a biologist part 1" :)

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Super-material shrugs off molten metal : Nature News & Comment - 0 views

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science PHY technology

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these are the latest in repellent surfaces. a very nice video and as we previously discussed could be very useful in the ISS

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New theory of synapse formation in the brain - 2 views

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Bio science AI brain

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I have no idea if an algorithm based on this already exists, but it would certainly be a good one for autonomous AI, I think. I think an algorithm based on this should be able to select his own input parameters and reject them if they are not stimulated any further or integrate them in the algorithm if they are continiously stimulated... this could enable self learning, etc.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I have no idea if an algorithm based on this already exists, but it would certainly be a good one for autonomous AI, I think. I think an algorithm based on this should be able to select his own input parameters and reject them if they are not stimulated any further or integrate them in the algorithm if they are continiously stimulated... this could enable self learning, etc.</div>

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Seeing light in a new light: Scientists create never-before-seen form of matter - 0 views

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matter light

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Programmable glue made of DNA directs tiny gel bricks to self-assemble | KurzweilAI - 3 views

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New method could help to reconnect injured organs or build functional human tissues from the ground up

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