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Aug 2, 2012 6:40 PM   Check out this government building—made of concrete and glass—by architect Zaha Hadid. I bet we are going to see some science fiction movies located here in the near future. It holds all sorts of libraries and archives and Star Trek academies and Jedi training centers. Or something like that. It's located in Montpellier, France, and I couldn't understand the subtitles. [Zaha Hadid via Dezeen] View the original article here This post was made using the Auto Blogging Software from WebMagnates.org This line will not appear when posts are made after activating the software to full version.

Scientists have managed to build an artificial jelly fish entirely from rat cells, which can pulse and swim when exposed to an electric field, just like its living counterpart. Taking cells from the heart of a rat, the team of scientists from Harvard University were able to grow a single layer of muscle on top of a patterned sheet of polydimethylsiloxane. The result mimics the bell of a juvenile moon jelly—a type of jelly of fish—which propels itself by sending electric signals through the structure to make it contract rapidly. When exposed to an electric field, the artificial creature—refereed to as medusoid—contracts rapidly, in the same way as the jellyfish does during its power stroke. The sheet of elastic silicone on which the muscle is built then pulls the medusoid back into shape ready for the next stroke. If you're unconvinced, watch the video above: this thing really does look just like a real jellyfish as it moves through the water. The research is published in Nature ...