October marked alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) awareness month. AAC includes all means of communication that a person may use besides talking. Low-tech methods include means of interaction like hand gestures, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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Researchers have developed a new method to analyze facial expressions, as part of efforts to better understand animal communication.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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How could a human mother tell that her child is upset? Humans can distinguish the meanings of facial expressions of our fellow species either explicitly through speech or implicitly by context.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2022
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Divide, subtract, add, multiply: whatever way you cut it, Australia is heading in one direction when it comes to global math rankings—downwards.
Mathematics
May 18, 2022
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Facial recognition software can be used to spot a face in a crowd; but what if it could also predict where someone else was in the same crowd? While this may sound like science fiction, researchers from Japan have now shown ...
Biotechnology
Aug 6, 2021
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Even though they are not needed to make the specific sounds, parts of Mandarin Chinese speakers' faces—their eyebrows and lips—mimic the rising and falling pitch that distinguishes one word spelled exactly the same from ...
Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2019
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Cells that form facial features need surrounding embryonic tissues to stiffen so they can move and develop, according to new UCL-led research.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 15, 2018
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Mobile devices play an increasingly important role in our lives; in some situations, though, they cannot be adequately managed and even accepting a call is a real challenge. In a study, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute ...
Engineering
Jul 4, 2017
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How do you know if you've got that winning smile? There's an app for that.
Software
Jun 23, 2016
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Horses share some surprisingly similar facial expressions to humans and chimps, according to new University of Sussex research.
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2015
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