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Microscopic photo competition celebrates beauty of the tiny world

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Nov 16, 2024

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Honorable Mention: Crystalline pattern, like the big cotton padded jacket pattern handed down during the Chinese Spring Festival

An annual photography competition, celebrating scientific microscopic images, has unveiled this year’s winners. A startling cross-section shot of a flower has been awarded the fifth annual Evident Image of the Year Award, leading a mesmerizing gallery of miniature marvels.

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Category: Photography, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Photographers, Competition, Gallery, Microscopes, Olympus

Damaged coral reefs are getting a helping (robotic) hand

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Various groups are now growing baby corals for transplantation into the world’s disappearing reefs, but they need a hand. A new robotic hand has been created to help, by carefully and efficiently transferring the li’l corals between tanks as they grow up. Continue Reading Category: Robotics, Technology Tags: Ecology, CSIRO, Coral, Soft Robotics

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Window coating reflects heat to cool buildings by 40 degrees

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Cranking up the air conditioner is one way to keep buildings cool, but it guzzles energy. Passive materials can regulate interior temperatures more efficiently, and now scientists in South Korea have developed a new coating that keeps glass much cooler, while still being transparent. Continue Reading Category: Materials, Science Tags: Heating, Light, Coating, Coatings, Postech,...

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