Our eyes may be windows on the world, but our fingertips put us in touch with it. To recreate this tactile sense, current technology relies on tiny motors and electricity. However, the bumps and buzzes they generate are not ...
Materials Science
Mar 23, 2022
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The carnivorous Venus flytrap can be anesthetized with ether. Some surprising parallels to anesthesia in humans emerge.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
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In languages spoken around the world, words describing rough surfaces are highly likely to feature a "trilled /r/" sound—a linguistic pattern that stretches back over 6,000 years, a new study reveals. The international ...
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Jan 20, 2022
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French researchers have observed non-human primates developing social conventions to work together to obtain a reward, in an experiment set up with a group of baboons.
Plants & Animals
Dec 19, 2021
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Rose Gagnon could not hug her grandchildren for several months.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2021
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Many disease-causing bacteria such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa crawl on surfaces through a walk-like motility known as "twitching." Nanometers-wide filaments called type IV pili are known to power twitching, but scientists ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 23, 2021
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In 1399, a crowd gathered in the Tuscan city of Pisa, even though people understood that a plague ravaging the area was contagious. Devotees traveled from town to town and carried a crucifix—a sculpture of Jesus on the ...
Social Sciences
Jul 22, 2021
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Have you ever imagined your smart phone or tablet without a touch screen? This could soon be the case if we run out of indium, one of the rarest minerals on Earth.
Materials Science
Jul 20, 2021
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Tel Aviv University's new and groundbreaking technology inspires hope among people who have lost their sense of touch in the nerves of a limb following amputation or injury. The technology involves a tiny sensor that is implanted ...
Bio & Medicine
Jul 12, 2021
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Although sea snakes aren't usually associated with intimate interactions, our new research is revealing their "sensitive" side.
Plants & Animals
Jun 07, 2021
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