Abstract: Spectral imaging systems enable a significant leap forward in identifying and characterizing materials and objects through their unique spectral signatures. This review explores the advances ...

Abstract: Octopuses can use as few as a single sucker to grab and hold onto objects as each sucker creates its own vacuum pressure using their individual muscles. Man-made suction arrays using vacuum ...

While studying nurse sharks in the wild, I witnessed feeding behaviors unlike anything I expected. From strange suction techniques to surprising teamwork, these calm-looking sharks turn fierce when ...

Dr. Behnam Shakibaie and his research team at Pennsylvania University develop another novel microscopic dentistry treatment technique.

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine with roots in ancient Chinese and Egyptian practices. It uses ...

A Victorian agronomist has been awarded an international peace prize for a farming technique that has revolutionised farms in Niger. Farmer-managed natural regeneration restores denuded landscapes ...

The White River is one of Indiana's largest watersheds, though it suffers from years of pollution. A blossoming project between environmental advocates and Indiana farmers aims to clean the water and ...

The humble facade of two, 140-year-old storefronts in downtown Minneapolis conceals a building on the cutting edge of clean energy technology. The McKnight Foundation’s new headquarters on Washington ...

Sometimes, when we need to decide whether to stay in a relationship or to break up with a partner, the two-chair technique [1] [2] can make the decision easy. When Mary (not her real name for privacy ...