Researchers examine mechanical bases for the emergence of undulatory swimmers
How do fish swim? It is a simple question, but there is no simple answer.
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2013
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Language by mouth and by hand
Humans favor speech as the primary means of linguistic communication. Spoken languages are so common many think language and speech are one and the same. But the prevalence of sign languages suggests otherwise. Not only can ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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A secret of tumor stem cell survival: Scientists make progress against a devastating cancer
Malignant glioma is generally a death sentence for patients. These tumors, which arise from non-neuronal cells within the brain, grow quickly and aggressively, and contain a core population of glioma stem cells (GSCs) that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 7, 2012
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System that controls sleep may be same for most mammals
In a novel mathematical model that reproduces sleep patterns for multiple species, an international team of researchers has demonstrated that the neural circuitry that controls the sleep/wake cycle in humans may also control ...
Other
Jun 24, 2010
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Can monkeys choose optimally when faced with noisy stimuli and unequal rewards?
Even when faced with distractions, monkeys are able to consistently choose the path of greatest reward, according to a study conducted by researchers from Princeton and Stanford Universities.
Feb 13, 2009
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Genetic changes associated with dog aging are more about quantity than quality
Investigating the activity of genes in dog brain tissues revealed that a large portion of genes (16,000 out of 20,000) are active in all animals, and approximately 3,500 were differentially expressed between the age groups ...
Veterinary medicine
Mar 18, 2022
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How maggots are influencing the future of robotics
What can software designers and ICT specialists learn from maggots? Quite a lot, it would appear. Through understanding how complex learning processes in simple organisms work, EU scientists hope to usher in an era of self-learning ...
Robotics
Sep 2, 2016
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