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KIST's Outdoor-Friendly Modular Robotic Furniture 'OnOBOT' wins grand prize at the International Robot Design Competition
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyThe Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) announced that a research team led by Dr. Sona Kwak and Dr. Yoonseop Lim at the Center for Intelligence and Interaction Research Center won the Grand Prize in the Demonstration category for its outdoor-friendly modular robotic furniture system, OnOBOT, at the Robot Design Competition held during the International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2025 (RO-MAN 2025) in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from August 25 to 29, 2025.
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New Rady School report: Military spending remains cornerstone of San Diego’s economy
University of California - San DiegoNew #biochar webinar alert!
Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University- Journal
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Cal Poly scientists look to ancient microbes to discover the antibiotics of the future
California Polytechnic State UniversityA Cal Poly biochemistry research team is searching for clues to discover new antibiotics. Bacteria strains that are more than 25 million years old might hold the keys to what they're looking for.
Donated by a Cal Poly scientist who collaborated to inspire Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel “Jurassic Park," the student and faculty research team has a treasure trove of prehistoric biological materials to work with.
The 1.5°C target – an obituary?
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine ResearchBehavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers
Cornell UniversityStretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell
Cornell UniversityWhy is no one talking about generational change in health care?
Texas A&M UniversityTraditional deference to one’s elders within the medical profession is contributing to a wasted opportunity to improve a broken health care system, says a leading health policy researcher.
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