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A robot with 20 legs! 🐛 Duke University researchers published a study presenting a sea-urchin-like robot with 20 legs. The robot, called Argus, has no front or back. Twenty telescoping legs radiate from a central body, with a depth camera at each leg tip. The design allows it to move in any direction, stabilize after being pushed, cross rough terrain, carry 10-pound payloads, and even climb walls. The researchers didn't ask "what animal should we copy?" Instead, they focused on a mathematical concept called dynamic isotropy, how symmetrically a robot can accelerate in every direction. A score of 1 means perfect symmetry in all directions. Most robots today, including advanced quadrupeds and humanoids, score below 0.6. Argus scored 0.91, close to theoretical maximum. How? They arranged the body around a regular dodecahedron (a shape with 12 pentagonal faces), giving Argus a nearly uniform field of view and eliminating the need to orient itself the way conventional robots do. When tested on uneven ground, concrete, grass, sand, wet surfaces, Argus handled obstacles, kept moving with broken legs, and pushed heavy objects while rolling. Read the article here: livescience.com/technology/r… ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

🧵1/3 What happens when libraries can no longer preserve the knowledge they collect? 📚⚠️ Brewster Kahle warns that the systems connecting libraries, readers, and cultural memory are becoming dangerously fragile as publishers replace ownership with temporary access. Read the essay Preserving the Library System by Brewster Kahle, part of VANISHING CULTURE from the Internet Archive. 🔗 archive.org/details/vanishin…

The brain develops well into the mid-20s, when the brain completes critical processes. Exposure to addictive substances during this time interferes with development, and addiction is up to 7X more likely if drugs are initiated at this time.@DEAHQ @TheJusticeDept @samhsagov @ONDCP

Ukrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska solved a problem that had puzzled mathematicians for over 400 years. Even Johannes Kepler and Isaac Newton couldn’t crack it. We live in a three-dimensional world, but Maryna solved a puzzle in an eight-dimensional space—something that’s very hard even to imagine. She was born in Kyiv, studied at Taras Shevchenko University, worked in Bonn and Berlin, and at just 33 became a professor in Lausanne. So what was the problem? It’s about how to pack identical spheres as tightly as possible in space. This question was first asked by Kepler back in 1611. Over time, scientists found answers for two and three dimensions—but not for eight. Maryna proved that in eight dimensions, the densest packing is formed by a special mathematical structure called a lattice. What’s even more amazing is that she did it in just 23 pages, while earlier attempts took hundreds. In 2022, she was awarded the Fields Medal, the most prestigious prize in mathematics. She became only the second woman in history to receive it. Today, Maryna Viazovska works in Lausanne, supports Ukrainian mathematicians, and brings pride to Ukraine with her achievements.

Did you know that we have millions of different antibodies, but each individual white blood cell produces only one kind of antibody? By fusing an antibody-producing cell with a tumour cell Georges Köhler and César Milstein were able to produce antibodies in large amounts.

Der “heilige Gral” der Energiewende: Sonnenkraft nutzen wie die Blätter im Wald 🌞 Check the recent contribution by Prof. Bonifazi, featured in @derStandardat : bio-inspired solar tech mimicking photosynthesis for next-gen sustainable energy. derstandard.at/story/3000000…

Postdoc position in Marseille. #CompChem euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/4…

Gerade eine WDR5 Sendung über den neuen Superrechner in Jülich: 11 MW schluckt der, so viel wie die Stadt Jülich. Im Anschluss ein etwas peinliches Interview mit einem Paderborner Prof Dumitrescu: "ja, wir werden die ganz großen Rechenleistungen wg Energiemangel nicht haben,=>

Welcome to the pico world! 🔬 Micro-dispensing at the picoliter scale is incredible when you compare it to everyday numbers: a single raindrop is about 50 microliters, roughly 50 million times larger than a picoliter. Being able to place droplets this small without touching the surface is key for biotech, diagnostics, and micro-electronics, where tiny volumes matter. And at this scale, two basics become critical: → Accuracy = how close you are to the real value. → Precision = how repeatable each droplet is. I could watch it all day long! ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

20 Prozent des in Deutschland derzeit erzeugten Stroms kommt aus Gaskraftwerken. Die Gasspeicher leeren sich. Zum Glück weht noch etwas Wind. Jedes einzelne Kernkraftwerk, das aus ideologischem Eifer und politischem Starrsinn stillgelegt wurde, würde jetzt helfen.

I have a three-year PDRA position to work on the development of adaptive embedding methods. Please share this with anyone who may be interested. #CompChem ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…

FINALLY a complex of type LMg-CaL! This formally Mg(0)-Ca(II) complex shows a very long Mg-Ca bond with Mg(-)/Ca( ) polarization and is quite reactive! Our first 2026 paper is "In dear memory of Herbert Roesky" shorturl.at/tvi0C

Putin is currently attempting to freeze millions of Ukrainians into submission by deliberately destroying their heating and power systems in the depths of winter. Given the numbers involved, this is arguably the most public war crime in world history atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/uk…

It's a 3D printer, and 3D assembly station! 🖨️ The Functgraph developed at Meiji University starts as a regular 3D printer but upgrades itself into a mini factory. It can print parts for its own tools, pick them up, clean them, and put them together, all by itself. Think of it like a robot that can 3D print a spatula, assemble it, and then use it to flip pancakes. 🥞 Instead of just printing objects, the Functgraph can actually perform physical tasks, like folding laundry or slicing vegetables, by using printed and assembled tools. It’s a step toward the idea of a robot that can download "apps" as physical skills, much like your phone downloads software! 👀 ~~ ♻️ Join the weekly robotics newsletter, and never miss any news → ziegler.substack.com

Heute wurde bekannt, dass DOMO Chemicals mit ca. 550 Mitarbeitern Insolvenz angemeldet hat. Was dabei bislang gar nicht thematisiert wird und mir vom Influenzer Anthony Lee (youtube: @AnthonyRobertLee) kurz per WhatsApp erläutert wurde, ist die eigentliche Tragweite dieser Nachricht: Hier fällt nicht einfach ein weiteres Chemieunternehmen vom Markt, sondern ein zentraler Hersteller von Düngemitteln. Damit verschwindet im Zweifel ein entscheidender Baustein der deutschen industriellen Nahrungsmittelproduktion. Die Resilienz unserer Versorgung wird weiter geschwächt, leise, fast beiläufig. Offenkundig spielt strategische Vorsorge im Bereich Landwirtschaft und Ernährungspolitik in Berlin kaum eine Rolle. Die langfristigen Folgen scheinen dort bestenfalls egal zu sein. Und das Erschreckendste: In den Leitmedien findet diese Entwicklung bislang überhaupt keine Erwähnung. Kein Aufmacher, keine Einordnung, kein Hinweis auf die Bedeutung für Dünger, Landwirtschaft und Versorgungssicherheit. Totales Schweigen, obwohl hier erneut ein systemrelevanter Pfeiler wegbricht. Danke Anthony für den Hinweis! Wow

Russia has killed at least 167 Ukrainian scientists — professors, engineers, PhD students, museum researchers as of November 2025, writes Moya Nauka. Russia kills the people who teach Ukraine how to exist as a modern country. 1/

Sciformation ELN is now also translated to Polish, Arabic and Armenian (using AI, but the quality should be reasonable).