Shortfin mako sharks can shoot through the ocean at up to 50 miles per hour (80 kilometres an hour). This is possible by a trick the sharks apply: they can raise their scales to create tiny wells across the surface of their skin, reducing drag like the dimples on a golf ball. The minute scales […]

The research department of Philips has developed a pill, the iPill, which navigates individually in the intestines to locate the right destination to release the medicines. The trick is that the pill is equipped with sensors that measure the acidity and temperature, therefore the location of the gastrointestinal tract. The sensors are controlled by a […]

The robot research laboratory at Chonnam National University has developed a robotic plant that humidifies, oxygenates, emits aroma and moves. All characteristics were copied from normally grown for ornamental plants. Being 130 cm tall and 40 cm in diameter and consists of a pot, a stem, and five buds of a flower reminiscent of a […]

Finding your way, requires a constant renewal of neurons, that says a Japanese research. Scientists halted the production of new neurons on mice, which caused the mice to have a diminished sense of direction and navigation. Until almost 10 years ago, brainscientists thought that a full-grown adult brain only lost braincells and no new cells […]

With the summer and the nice weather starting to expand, people are enjoying the pleasures of a nice cold drink. The last trend in the area of wine, was Rosé. Especially here in Amsterdam, everybody was drinking Rosé in parks, in boats on the channels and on the terrasses. But, as trends change, new drinks […]