Technology that imitates natureBiomimetics: Engineers are increasingly taking a leaf out of nature's book when looking for solutions to design pro...
Both the British and American teams have shown that the intricate design of these microscopic setae can be reproduced using synthetic materials. Dr Ge...
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强调句型,put sand in the wheels v.妨碍, 捣乱当前,是各国管理条例上的差异,而不是关税阻碍了发达国家之间的贸易。13.As it happens, a razor that is safe in Europe is unlikely to electrocute Ameri...
1. The American economic system is, organized around a basically private-enterprise, market- oriented economy in which consumers largely determine wha...
26. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, "A technologist thinks about objects that can not be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions: they are...
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