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		<title>Humpback whales inspire new helicopter rotor blade design</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dag G.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bionics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[german aerospace center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helicopter aerodynamics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[helicopter rotors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpback whales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After observing humpback whales, a group of researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Göttingen have discovered and flight-tested a way to increase maneuverability and speed of helicopters. The findings could also improve the passenger comfort by lowering the resulting vibration caused by the main rotor. Although helicopters [...]

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		<title>Silk from the tasar silkworm used as a scaffold for heart tissue</title>
		<link>http://www.robaid.com/bionics/silk-from-the-tasar-silkworm-used-as-a-scaffold-for-heart-tissue.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dag G.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bionics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart muscle cells]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[max planck institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[silk fibers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since almost all of the body’s own regeneration mechanisms in the heart have become deactivated, a heart attack or other heart damage is serious for patients since the dead cardiac cells are irretrievably lost and scar tissue grows in place of the damaged muscle cells. Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research in Bad [...]

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		<title>Biochip enables glucose level measurement from human saliva</title>
		<link>http://www.robaid.com/tech/biochip-enables-glucose-level-measurement-from-human-saliva.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dag G.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biochip]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glucose levels]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interferometers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nanotechnology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plasmonics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sensor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In order to check their glucose levels, diabetics usually have to draw blood. In order to eliminate the need for this invasive way of glucose level control, engineers at Brown University have designed a biological device that can measure glucose concentrations in human saliva. The technique takes advantage of a convergence of nanotechnology and surface [...]

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		<title>More efficient Concentrated Solar Power plants inspired by sunflowers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damir B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biomimetic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rwth aachen university]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar thermal energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spiral pattern]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In our article about solar power, we already wrote about concentrated solar power (CSP) power plants. In order to function, these plants need a lot of space and sunlight, and researchers at MIT collaborated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany to come up with a design that increases the amount of sunlight its mirrors collect, [...]

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		<title>Stopping bleeding with nanoscale biological coating</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 04:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damir B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chitosan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[portable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[thrombin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[MIT engineers have developed a nanoscale biological coating that can halt bleeding nearly instantaneously. Although such materials exist for nearly a decade, their success was in creating an easily portable version where thrombin &#8211; a clotting agent found in blood – is coated on sponges. The coating could be easily stored and carried for application [...]

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		<title>ORNL researchers developing tech to improve prosthesis fitting and design</title>
		<link>http://www.robaid.com/bionics/ornl-researchers-developing-tech-to-improve-prosthesis-fitting-and-design.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 05:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damir B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bionics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[human gait]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inertial measurement units]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oak ridge national laboratory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prosthesis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oak Ridge National Laboratory biomedical engineers are perfecting a portable, wearable system to measure walking patterns that can be applied to real-world activities in a variety of settings. They are also developing a low-cost gait analysis system that can be used to analyze whether prosthesis fits the wearer, or if it is aligned correctly without [...]

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		<title>Hydrogel shows potential for scar-free skin burn recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dag G.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regeneration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skin regeneration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a simple wound dressing that included a specially designed hydrogel – a water-based, three-dimensional framework of polymers – that promotes the formation of new blood vessels and skin, including hair follicles. It could lead to greatly improved healing for injured soldiers, home fire victims and other people with third-degree burns. [...]

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		<title>Creating biofuel from wrapping paper and greeting cards</title>
		<link>http://www.robaid.com/tech/creating-biofuel-from-wrapping-paper-and-greeting-cards.htm</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damir B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biofuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas cards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ethanol fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[imperial college london]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wrapping paper]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from Imperial College London did some interesting math related to holiday season and their research in which they process paper to create biofuel. According to them, you could run one of the iconic double-decker buses to the moon and back more than 20 times if you fermented the discarded wrapping paper and Christmas cards [...]

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		<title>Self-healing electronics capable to regain conductivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Damir B.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conductivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[materials science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self-healing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university of illinois]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Current electronic devices are becoming faster and denser, but such complex circuitry is prone to reliability problems, and once one tiny circuit within an integrated chip breaks, the whole chip or even whole device is unusable. A team of University of Illinois engineers has developed a self-healing system capable to repair a cracked circuit by [...]

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		<title>High altitude wind power harnessing not as efficient as previously though</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dag G.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jet streams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[max planck institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind turbines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The high winds were thought to be a rich potential source of renewable energy, however, a study by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany, shows that the near absence of friction and absence of strong propulsion cause the jet streams that sweep the upper atmosphere to harness about 200 times [...]

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