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Michael Allen

Freelance Science Journalist

Category: Science

Watch a ‘sonic tractor beam’ do some midair sewing

Author adminPosted on 21 December 2018Categories ScienceTags acoustic holograms, acoustic levitation, medical physics, physics, sonic tractor beam, sound, ultrasound

Watch a peacock get a female’s attention—by making her head vibrate

Author adminPosted on 28 November 201824 February 2020Categories ScienceTags biology, biophysics, birds, courting displays, sound

Watch this bat-inspired robot navigate like a real one

Author adminPosted on 6 September 20189 November 2018Categories ScienceTags bats, biophysics, biosonar, echolocation, robotics, ultrasound

How bright colors help these poison tree frogs hide from predators

Author adminPosted on 13 June 20189 November 2018Categories ScienceTags amphibians, camouflage, frogs

Stick insects travel long distances—by being eaten by birds

Author adminPosted on 28 May 20189 November 2018Categories ScienceTags birds, entomology, insects

Watch this cockroach-inspired robot try to walk through walls

Author adminPosted on 13 February 20189 November 2018Categories ScienceTags biophysics, insects, robotics

Watch the world’s most powerful tractor beam levitate its biggest catch

Author adminPosted on 26 January 20189 November 2018Categories ScienceTags acoustic holograms, acoustic levitation, physics, sonic tractor beam, ultrasound

About

A British journalist covering a wide range of science subjects, with a focus on climate change and atmospheric science, sustainability, and physics, materials and engineering.

Contact

michael_h_allen [at] hotmail.com

Publications

  • AllThings.Bio
  • Chemistry & Industry
  • Discover
  • EOS
  • Hakai Magazine
  • Horizon
  • New Scientist
  • Physics World
  • SciDev.Net
  • Science
  • Smithsonian
  • youris.com

Topics

  • acoustic holograms
  • acoustic levitation
  • air pollution
  • atmospheric circulations
  • bio-based
  • bioeconomy
  • biology
  • biomedical
  • biophysics
  • bioplastic
  • birds
  • camouflage
  • careers
  • climate change
  • clothes
  • COVID-19
  • disease
  • disease diagnostics
  • education
  • entomology
  • extreme weather
  • fish
  • food waste
  • gender gap
  • health
  • imaging
  • insects
  • marine biology
  • marine plastics
  • materials
  • medical physics
  • microplastics
  • photonics
  • physics
  • plastic
  • plastic pollution
  • pollution
  • renewable energy
  • solar panels
  • sonic tractor beam
  • sound
  • structural colour
  • textiles
  • ultrasound
  • weather
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