<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/8b6d357c-4f30-47b4-9515-e010a44259f2/2D8B16FA-A188-4885-99AA-D90F69E9FA54/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health" style="font-size: 11px;">www.examiner.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">Meg Marquardt</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">November 2</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">Robotic fish, created to probe underwater environments, are the newest project from Michigan State University. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">The creation of a moving, maneuverable survey system will allow scientists to watch for temperature changes, oxygen levels, or aquatic threats like toxic algae.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">Litchman is collaborating with Xiaobo Tan, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MSU, to create the robots.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-1242-Science-News-Examiner~y2009m11d2-Robotic-fish-gauge-water-health">The probes will swim with the support of fins and bodies that are built “with electro-active polymers that use electricity to change shape. 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