2014年8月7日 星期四

2014-08-07 U.K. Science

  SFGate   
Self-folding 'origami' robots could be the future of space exploration or search ...  The Independent
They sound like real-life transformers – the toys that can change from one shape into another – but these robots are perhaps more akin to the flat-packed world of an Ikea catalogue. Scientists have taken the idea of self-assembly so seriously they have come ...

Self-Folding Robot Based on Origami   Wall Street Journal
Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into motion   BBC News
Origami self-assembling robot crawls off drawing board   Financial Times
The Guardian   
Mirror.co.uk   
Reuters   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Huge Iron Age fort bought by National Trust for £450000  Telegraph.co.uk
An Iron Age hill fort that stands at twice the height of the White Cliffs of Dover has been bought by the National Trust for the nation. Hambledon Hill, in Dorset, has a rich natural and archaeological story dating back to before the construction of Stonehenge, the ...

Hambledon Hill fort in Dorset acquired by National Trust for £450000   BBC News
National Trust buys Hambledon Hill in Dorset   The Guardian
National Trust buys Dorset Iron Age hill fort   Western Daily Press
Blackmore Vale   
Uncover California   
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  Telegraph.co.uk   
'We are here!' Spacecraft Rosetta meets 67P comet 10 years after leaving Earth  Telegraph.co.uk
It has taken more than a decade, but today the European Agency's craft Rosetta finally caught up with the comet it has been chasing since it left Earth in 2004. Rosetta, which was woken up from deep space hibernation in January, has spent the last seven ...

Spacecraft catches up to comet   Daily Mail
European Spacecraft Pulls Alongside Comet After 10 Years and Four Billion Miles   New York Times
McDonald's golden arches spotted on comet 67P   Metro
Sydney Morning Herald   
PC Magazine   
The Economist   
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  The Independent   
Diamond launched into space has landed in Lincolnshire in 'finders keepers ...  The Independent
People in Lincolnshire may want to read this on route to Lea, Gainsborough, where a diamond worth tens of thousands of pounds has fallen from the sky – and will belong to the first person who finds it. The £12,000 cushion cut diamond was mounted to a ...

Diamond in the sky: Sparkler worth £12000 is shot into SPACE - and whoever ...   Daily Mail
Who will claim a £12000 diamond which has landed near Gainsborough after ...   Lincolnshire Echo
£12000 diamond launched into space lands in Gainsborough   ITV News

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  ChesterChronicle.co.uk   
Baby tapir born in Chester Zoo  Telegraph.co.uk
An adorable baby tapir born at Chester Zoo is the first male to arrive for eight years. The youngster is already on his feet after being born at 11am on Monday to mother Jenny after a 13 month pregnancy. The baby has been named Zathras and could grow to ...

Chester Zoo: baby tapir born   ChesterChronicle.co.uk
Chester Zoo celebrates arrival of Zathras the baby tapir   Wirral Globe

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  Fox News   
Tortoises show off smarts by mastering touch-screen tech  Fox News
Touch-screen technology has ventured into the world of reptiles. Red-footed tortoises have learned how to use the devise in exchange for a strawberry, a new study reports. Researchers taught the tortoises a few touch-screen basics in order to learn about the ...


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  reNews   
£10m tide and wave simulator opens in Edinburgh  Greenwise Business
A £10.5 million marine research centre has opened in Edinburgh, featuring the world's most sophisticated tide and wave simulator. The FloWave Research Facility, which was officially opened yesterday by new Climate Change Minister Amber Rudd, is now ...

FloWave facility opened in Scotland   International Water Power and Dam Construction
University of Edinburgh opens new marine and hydrokinetics testing facility   HydroWorld
FloWave marine energy research centre officially opens for business   Business Green
French Tribune   
The Edinburgh Reporter   
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  BBC News   
River Severn bottle-nosed dolphin dead  BBC News
A bottle-nosed dolphin, spotted in the River Severn near Gloucester last month, has been found dead. The creature was first seen and filmed by local people a fortnight ago between Stonebench and Elmore Lane. Conservationists said it was "unusual" for the ...


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'Wonder material' for future LED lights  Zee News
New York: Using a material called perovskite, researchers have developed a new high-brightness LED display that is cheaper and much easier to make. Perovskite is a general term used to describe a group of materials that have a distinctive crystal structure ...


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  BBC News   
Dead River Severn bottlenose dolphin tests to be conducted  BBC News
Scientists are to take blubber and skin samples from the body of a bottlenose dolphin found dead in the River Severn near Gloucester. The creature was originally spotted last month and conservationists had hoped it would swim back out to sea. Its body was ...

Decaying carcass of bottlenose dolphin has been recovered from the River ...   Gloucester Citizen
Search rescue launched to recover body of dead dolphin   Stroud News and Journal

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