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  • Micromotors are powered by bacteria, controlled by light

    At the University Sapienza in Rome, a team of researchers from the Physics Department and the Institute for Nanotechnology of the CNR, lead by physics professor Roberto Di Leonardo, has shown that genetically modified bacteria, expressing the protein proteorhodhopsin, can be used as tiny propellers in micromachines that are invisible to the human eye and whose speed can be reliably and continuously tuned by shining green light of controlled intensity.

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  • New ‘Poké Ball’ robot catches deep-sea critters without harming them

    This device could help unlock the secrets of fragile, soft-bodied sea creatures

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  • Strange ‘pill-shaped’ object seen pulsing in NC sky ignites UFO debate: What was it?

    YouTube user spacebret says he was trying to film birds when he “noticed a strange flashing light in the sky near an airplane.” He thought he’d missed recording it but later saw footage with an object that was “pill shaped with bullet headed ends.”

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  • U.F.O.s: What Does the Government Know?

    Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential front-runner, has said she believes in giving wider access to government records related to U.F.O.s and extraterrestrial life. Source: NYTimes

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