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Eyes on the Prey: Researchers Analyse the Hunting Behaviour of Fish Larvae in Virtual Reality
May 22, 2013 — Moving objects attract greater attention -- a fact exploited by video screens in public spaces and animated advertising banners on the Internet. For most animal species, moving objects also play a ... > full story -
Echolocation: Blind People Have the Potential to Use Their 'Inner Bat' to Locate Objects, Study Finds
May 20, 2013 — New research shows that blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation, similar to that used by bats and dolphins, to determine the location of an object. The study ... > full story -
First Ever Underwater University Lectures
May 17, 2013 — Students at the University of Essex have taken their lectures to a whole new level -- 18 metres under the sea in remote Indonesia to be ... > full story -
War Spawns New Approaches for Wounded Service Members' Pain Care
May 11, 2013 — Better body armor and rapid aeromedical evacuations enable American service members to survive blasts that would have proved fatal in Vietnam or even the first Gulf War, but they pose new challenges ... > full story -
'Invisibility Cloak' for Thermal Flow Constructed
May 8, 2013 — By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. Researchers have now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also be used to specifically influence the ... > full story -
Optimal Workout Partner Encourages Less to Motivate More
May 7, 2013 — The best workout partner may be one who understands that silence is golden, according to a new ... > full story -
Individual Brain Cells Track Where We Are and How We Move
May 3, 2013 — Researchers have gained new insights into how our brains form maps of our environment. They found that special cells can note either a fixed location, or the distance a mammal travels, depending on ... > full story -
3-D Simulation Shows How Form of Complex Organs Evolves by Natural Selection
May 2, 2013 — Researchers have developed the first three-dimensional simulation of the evolution of morphology by integrating the mechanisms of genetic regulation that take place during embryo development. The ... > full story -
Bonding With Your Virtual Self May Alter Your Actual Perceptions
May 2, 2013 — When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to ... > full story -
Gentle Touch and the Bionic Eye: Using Haptics to Improve Outcomes for People Given Visual Prosthetics
May 1, 2013 — Normal vision is essentially a spatial sense that often relies upon touch and movement during and after development. Training with haptic, touch, technology could improve outcomes for the blind ... > full story
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