Special issue alert! We invite authors to the special issue on "#Bioinspired#geotechnics" in Acta Geotechnica Journal. Deadline is Sept. 30, '22. More info in link below👇🏽
https://t.co/3mdLdDP9B7
Please help distributing info! Guest editors: Alejandro Martinez and Julian Tao.
@Purdue_PGS Thank you very much for the opportunity! Especially thank you, Vince, Philippe, Antonio, Joe, @SantagataMarika and all the student volunteers! It was a great workshop!
Read "Burrowing soft #robots break new ground," by Junliang (Julian) Tao from @CBBGerc -- a new Focus on a burrowing robot that can navigate sand in three dimensions by growing like a plant and blowing sand out of the way: https://t.co/VQMPzTbU5i
A burrowing #robot inspired by the mechanisms of plant root growth and the burrowing behavior of octopuses can successfully navigate shallow, dry sand in three dimensions. Presented in a new @UCSBengineering, @GTPhysics study: https://t.co/zspsubSvVj
Another huge first: converting CO2 into oxygen on Mars. Working off the land with what’s already here, my MOXIE instrument has shown it can be done!
Future explorers will need to generate oxygen for rocket fuel and for breathing on the Red Planet. https://t.co/9sjZT9KeOR
Today I witnessed history. Now you can too. You’re watching video of the #MarsHelicopter’s first flight – a true “Wright brothers” moment.
Watch it all unfold:
✅ Spin-up
✅ Takeoff
✅ Hover
✅ Turn
✅ Landing
Read more: https://t.co/FIsf5RfHGj
How to watch this weekend’s historic test of the #MarsHelicopter:
Test flight is scheduled for April 11, with live stream to confirm results on April 12, 12:30 a.m. PT/3:30 a.m. ET/7:30 a.m. UTC.
Tune in: https://t.co/hZPbIvxMsi
Read more: https://t.co/lK2JvMHrhB
@jimhambleton I am teaching a course with 50 students but only one would normally come to campus. But this only student occasionally would not show up and I had to deliver a few lectures facing an empty classroom, wearing a mask... interesting time indeed
Our #LaunchAmerica mission continues as @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug head to their new home 250 miles above Earth. 🌎 Five major burns have been completed to bring the @SpaceX spacecraft closer to the @Space_Station. Watch: https://t.co/bXCGg5kzBB
What is Permafrost? What happens when it thaws & can we mitigate its effects?
Amazing Full video details everything to know about Permafrost & its importance to #climate & human infrastructre
https://t.co/nvabLahRhS
#EarthScience#geology#ClimateChange#engineering#weather