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Scientists Have Finally Made Quieter Velcro

A fastener with microscopic mushroom shapes could be as strong as Velcro but with less noise and less damage to other fabrics, researchers say. Velcro is great when you need to open stuff fast or with ease, but Velcro is not so great when you’re trying to discreetly...

Bio-inspired robotics: learning from dragonflies

It is a high-speed movement: within fractions of a second the mouthparts of the dragonfly larvae spring forwards to seize its prey. For decades, researchers had assumed that this action must have been driven primarily by hydraulic pressure. Now, for the first time,...

Laser Based Process to 3D Print Detailed Glass Objects

Researchers have developed a new laser-based process for 3D printing intricate parts made of glass. With further development, the new method could be useful for making complex optics for vision, imaging, illumination or laser-based applications. . "Most 3D printing...

How 3D printing is helping CERN scientists upgrade the world’s largest machine

For the past five years, Antonio Pellegrino has been working on a high-pressure job: the scientist is leading an upgrade to the largest and most powerful particle accelerator ever built, which sits one hundred meters beneath the Franco-Swiss border at the European...