News tagged with artificial gut
Self-sustaining robot has an artificial gut (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- UK researchers have developed an autonomous robot with an artificial gut that enables it to fuel itself by eating and excreting. The robot is the first bot powered by biomass to be demonstrated ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Not just for the birds: Man-made noise has ripple effects on plants, too
A growing body of research shows that birds and other animals change their behavior in response to manmade noise, such as the din of traffic or the hum of machinery. But human clamor doesn't just affect animals. ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Apple 'genius' Steve Jobs dies from cancer
Suddenly, the next version of the iPhone doesn't seem so important. It's time to mourn Steve Jobs, the Silicon Valley maestro who always seemed to hit the right note as he transformed Apple Inc. into technology's ...
Oct 06, 2011 |
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Artificial sweetener leaves lingering aftertaste in the environment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, the global use of artificial sweeteners in foods has dramatically increased. A new study led by Cesar Torres, and Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown – researchers at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State ...
Jun 21, 2011 |
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Ants give new evidence for interaction networks
Be it through the Internet, Facebook, the local grapevine or the spread of disease, interaction networks influence nearly every part of our lives.
May 23, 2011 |
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How sweet it is: Why your taste cells love sugar so much
A new research study dramatically increases knowledge of how taste cells detect sugars, a key step in developing strategies to limit overconsumption. Scientists from the Monell Center and collaborators have ...
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Mar 07, 2011 |
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Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Meat-lovers get food for thought in futuristic US lab
A 21st century American cowboy will resemble a worker in a hi-tech plant creating artificial meat in a petri dish, a far cry from cattle ranches, says biologist Vladimir Mironov.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Specific populations of gut bacteria linked to fatty liver
The more we learn about biology, the closer we get to being able to treat disease – and the more complicated our understanding of disease itself becomes.
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Jan 31, 2011 |
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How now, inside the cow: Nearly 30,000 novel enzymes for biofuel production improvements
Cows eat grass -- this has been observed for eons. From this fibrous diet consisting mainly of the tough to degrade plant cell wall materials cellulose and hemicellulose, substances of no nutritional value ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Bioelectrical signals turn stem cells' progeny cancerous
Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that a change in membrane voltage in newly identified "instructor cells" can cause stem cells' descendants to trigger melanoma-like ...
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Oct 19, 2010 |
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