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Plants exhibit a wide range of mechanical properties, engineers find Biological structures may help engineers design new materials

From an engineer's perspective, plants such as palm trees, bamboo, maples and even potatoes are examples of precise engineering on a microscopic scale. Like wooden beams reinforcing a house, cell walls make up the structural supports of all plants. Depending on how the cell walls are arranged, and what they are made of, a plant can be as flimsy as a reed, or as sturdy as an oak.

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A scanning electron micrograph of carrot, top, and potato, bottom, showing relatively thin-walled cells. The oval objects within the potato tissue are starch granules.

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MSG-3, Europe’s latest weather satellite, delivers first image

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Today, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth.

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University of Houston researcher develops solar panel coating: Nanoparticle coating makes it easier to keep solar panel clean, which reduces maintenance and operations costs

A University of Houston researcher has developed a nanoparticle coating for solar panels that makes it easier to keep the panels clean, maintaining their efficiency for longer and reducing the maintenance and operations costs.

A University of Houston researcher has developed a nanoparticle coating for solar panels that makes it easier to keep the panels clean, maintaining their efficiency for longer and reducing the maintenance and operations costs.

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Meet all your needs with Digital Camcorder

Bring Senlang Underwater Digital Camera Mask Underwater Scuba Mask Diving Digital Camera to your home and make all your needs fulfilled. This is such the lovely Digital Camcorder that is designed especially for the swimmers.

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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will spend its first weekend on Mars transitioning to software better suited for tasks ahead, such as driving and using its strong robotic arm.

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Hubble's Close Encounter with the Tarantula

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Turning its eye to the Tarantula Nebula, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken this close-up of the outskirts of the main cloud of the Nebula.

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Nanomaterials help heart to heal: NCKU study

A National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) research team has made a breakthrough in the regeneration of new blood vessels in cardiovascular therapy by using nanofibers and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF).

The new technology helps endogenous stem cells achieve cardiac and vascular regeneration, and is seen as a promising cure for heart diseases.

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Curiosity Preps for a Planned 'Brain Transplant'

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This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover.

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NASA Curiosity Mars Rover Installing Smarts for Driving

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This imagery is being released in association with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. This is a temporary caption to be replaced as soon as more information is available.

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Astronomers Release the Largest Ever Three-Dimensional Map of the Sky

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This is a still image from a video fly-through of the SDSS-III galaxies mapped in Data Release 9.