California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires

California's wildfires are destroying forests faster than the state can replant them, and federal cuts are making the gap ...
Frontiers

Design, testing, and dimensional optimization of a biomimetic microspine gripper based on feline paw structure

Microspine grippers are critical for wall-climbing robots and drones to attach to rough surfaces in complex environments. Existing designs focus on structural practicality but overlook rational ...
BBC Wildlife

A tree that can walk? How one 'walking tree' is said to be able to move itself to a sunnier spot

Plants don’t really do locomotion. True, some seeds can travel long distances on the wind or in the stomachs of animals, and tumbleweeds scatter theirs by uprooting and rolling around in the ...
GitHub

3D Unity User Guide

Before installing, note that Unity is completely free, if you or your company makes less than $100 000 (USD). Follow the link here and download the free installer (the plus version is definitely not ...
VN Express

Ninh Binh’s ‘moving’ millennia-old banyan tree

Since a temple was built beneath the banyan tree in the 900s CE, its main trunk has withered and regrown several times from new roots. The Goi Dai Temple is in Ninh Hai Commune in Hoa Lu District, 10 ...
University of Surrey

Dr Marco Placidi

Dr Placidi obtained a BEng in Aerospace Engineering and an MEng in Aeronautics Engineering from La Sapienza - University of Rome. He was awarded a PhD in Engineering Sciences from the University of ...