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<em></em>It's a bacteria-eat-bacteria world, scientists say. <em>Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, <strong></strong></em>shown here in false color, attacks common germs six times its size, then devours them from the inside out.

'Predatory Bacteria' Might Be Enlisted In Defense Against Antibiotic Resistance

Sep 06, 2018
Microbe-eating-microbes are found in "almost every ecosystem on Earth," says a defense department scientist who hopes bacteria of this type might one day be deployed to fight human infections.
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What are the must-haves for a successful humanoid robot?

Backflipping Robot Is A Giant Leap For Robot Kind

Nov 17, 2017
As it jumps, twists and lands a full backflip, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot takes another step toward full functionality in a world designed for humans.
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Small pulses of electricity to the brain have an effect on memory, new research shows.

Electrical Stimulation To Boost Memory: Maybe It's All In The Timing

Apr 20, 2017
Research in epilepsy has found a key to why small pulses of electricity to the brain sometimes help and sometimes hurt a failing memory. Brains hurt by physical trauma or dementia might benefit, too.
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Inside DARPA, The Pentagon Agency Whose Technology Has 'Changed the World'

Mar 28, 2017
Journalist Sharon Weinberger discusses the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, which develops innovative scientific technologies for the military. Her new book is The Imagineers of War.
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All Tech Considered
Otherlab is among the companies working with DARPA on prototypes for disposable drones.

Someday Disposable Drones May Deliver A Payload, Then Vanish

Mar 02, 2017
DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.
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UNLV Is Playing A Pivotal Role In The Future Of Robotics

Feb 29, 2016

Robots populate the landscape of our sci-fi fantasies. 

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For this part of the course, robots can either walk over the cement bricks or plow through. Carnegie Mellon's CHIMP tries the latter.

At DARPA Challenge, Robots (Slowly) Move Toward Better Disaster Recovery

Jun 07, 2015
Developers of disaster recovery robots gathered in California this weekend to compete for a $2 million prize. Some robots shone. Many got stuck, moved at a snail's pace or fell down on the course.
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Dennis Hong's Tactical Hazardous Operations Robot (THOR) looks scary. But it's here to help.

The Pentagon Wants These Robots To Save The Day

Jun 05, 2015
A competition in California is trying to ready robots for disaster response. But the bots have a ways to go.
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UNLV School of Engineering opens new lab for bots and drones

Apr 23, 2015

As UNLV's robotics and drone lab preps for upcoming disaster-relief competition, its real mission is to "inspire wonder"

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