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Synthetic material acts like an insect cloaking device

“Synthetic microspheres with nanoscale holes can absorb light from all directions across a wide range of frequencies, making them a candidate for antireflective coatings, according to a team of Penn State engineers. The synthetic spheres also explain how the leaf …

The invisible ink that can be made visible, then invisible, and visible again

“A team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University has developed an ink that can be made visible and invisible repeatedly. The university announced on Thursday that the process will help to keep secrets safer. The research achievement was published in the …

Transforming fibrils into crystals

“An international team of researchers have discovered a new type of transition in protein folding: amyloid crystals formed from amyloid fibrils by a decrease in energy. The crystals are even more stable than the fibrils, which are responsible for a …

Weather Clock

“Great looking desktop clock with date & weather display.”

$3 Alternative to Makey Makey

“The Makey Makey is a great little device that emulates a USB keyboard and lets you make keys out of any somewhat conductive thing (aluminum foil, bananas, play dough, etc.), which can then be used as a controller for games …

Artificial intelligence aids materials fabrication

“In recent years, research efforts such as the Materials Genome Initiative and the Materials Project have produced a wealth of computational tools for designing new materials useful for a range of applications, from energy and electronics to aeronautics and civil …

Diffused light shows clear structures

“Physicists develop new method to create images of minute structures Scientists gain an insight into the fascinating world of atoms and molecules using x-ray microscopes. Ground-breaking research by physicists at FAU, the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, and the …

Driving the focus stacking rail using a Raspberry Pi

“The Raspberry Pi drives the focus stacking rail to achieve tiny micron movements of the camera towards the photographic subject. Hardware This project is a sub-section of my larger project on focus stacking of fern gametophytes. This section explains what …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Unveils the World’s Most Scalable and Modular In-Memory Computing Platform

“Today, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) revealed the world’s most scalable and modular in-memory computing platform, HPE Superdome Flex. The platform enables enterprises of any size to process and analyze massive amounts of data and turn it into real-time business …

Instructables View Counter

“Subscriber counters for Youtube and Facebook are quite common, but why not make something similar for Instructables?That’s exactly what we’re going to do: in this instructable, we’ll make an Instructables view counter! The views will have …