Creole languages neither retain all grammatical features of their origin languages, as some have claimed, nor are creoles the simplest grammars in the world, according to a new analysis published in Nature by the University ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2020
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Researchers at TU Delft have succeeded in replicating a biological mechanism that is essential for cell division in bacteria in the lab. The research is an important step within a larger project with the ultimate goal of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 1, 2019
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A team of researchers at Columbia University has carried out experiments with macaques and in so doing has found evidence that suggests they are capable of inference-based thinking. In their paper published in the journal ...
Correct protein localization is crucial for many fundamental cellular processes. LMU physicists have now asked how to confer robustness against variations in protein concentrations on pattern formation mechanisms.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 17, 2018
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Wearing black headsets with tentacle-like sensors stretched over their foreheads, the competitors stare at cubes floating on computer screens as their small white drones prepare for takeoff.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 22, 2016
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(Phys.org) —Owlet Baby Monitors, a Salt Lake City business, is self-raising funds for its product, Owlet Vitals Monitor, a "smart" sock on the baby that can monitor vital signs and can send the information direct to a smartphone ...
A recent University of Auckland study has revealed a preference for humanlike features on a robot's display screen.
Robotics
Aug 29, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota is giving new meaning to the old adage: "Mind over matter."
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 10, 2013
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Humans' closest animal relatives, chimpanzees, have the ability to "think about thinking" – what is called "metacognition," according to new research by scientists at Georgia State University and the University at Buffalo.
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2013
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Researchers found that wild chimpanzees monitor the information available to other chimpanzees and inform their ignorant group members of danger.
Plants & Animals
Dec 29, 2011
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