The world's first culturally sensitive robots for elderly care
Researchers have developed revolutionary new robots that adapt to the culture and customs of the elderly people they assist.
Researchers have developed revolutionary new robots that adapt to the culture and customs of the elderly people they assist.
Robotics
Dec 13, 2018
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A discovery in fruit flies may be able to tell us more about how animals, including humans, sense potentially dangerous discomforts.
Biotechnology
Dec 15, 2011
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Ever wonder how sometimes people still get through security with explosives on their person? Research done in the University of Alberta's Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering has revealed a new way to better detect ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 12, 2013
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We know the climate changes as greenhouse gas concentrations rise, but the exact amount of expected warming remains uncertain.
Environment
Jul 23, 2020
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Think twice next time you get an email from Chase or Citi asking you to log in to your credit card account. The bank may not have sent it.
Internet
Apr 4, 2011
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Scientists are reporting development of a fast, simple, inexpensive method for determining whether chemicals in consumer products and workplaces may cause skin allergies in people -- a method that does not involve use of ...
Other
May 26, 2010
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(Phys.org)—Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers are making key contributions to a physics experiment that will look for one of nature's most elusive particles, "dark matter," using a tank nearly a mile underground ...
General Physics
Nov 15, 2012
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A Russian-Belorussian research team has developed a new tungsten oxide–based gas sensing material that shows high sensitivity to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and acetone. The new material's gas sensing response was ...
Nanomaterials
May 27, 2022
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Tiny particles made of polymers hold great promise for targeted delivery of drugs and as structural scaffolds for building artificial tissues. However, current production methods for such microparticles yield a limited array ...
Biochemistry
Aug 16, 2011
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A newly developed microscope is providing scientists with a greatly enhanced tool to study how neurological disorders such as epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease affect neuron communication. The microscope is optimized to perform ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 29, 2017
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