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Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear
The latest in a series of
experiments testing the
ability of robots to
influence live animals shows
that bio-inspired robots can
... > full story
Full Body Illusion Is Associated With a Drop in Skin Temperature
Researchers used virtual
reality technology with a
specialized robotic system
to test what happens when
the mind is tricked into
identifying with another
... > full story
Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
On June 17 and July 26, NASA
tested the Surface
Telerobotics exploration
concept, in which an
astronaut in an orbiting
... > full story
Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
Many drugs such as agents
for cancer or autoimmune
diseases have nasty side
effects because while they
kill disease-causing cells,
... > full story
- Robots Strike Fear in the Hearts of Fish: Anxious Zebrafish Help Researchers Understand How Alcohol Affects Fear
- Full Body Illusion Is Associated With a Drop in Skin Temperature
- Station Astronauts Remotely Control Planetary Rover from Space
- Molecular Robots Can Help Researchers Build More Targeted Therapeutics
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Pigeons Fly Home With a Map in Their Heads
July 25, 2013 — It is a fascinating phenomenon that homing pigeons always find their way home. Researchers have now carried out experiments demonstrating that pigeons have a spatial map and thus possess cognitive ... > full story -
Why Does Intelligence Analysis Sometimes Fail?
July 23, 2013 — It's no secret that intelligence services the world over don't always get things right, but what leads their highly trained analysts to come to the wrong conclusion about a situation? Are ... > full story -
NASA Releases Images of Earth by Two Interplanetary Spacecraft
July 22, 2013 — Color and black-and-white images of Earth taken by two NASA interplanetary spacecraft on July 19 show our planet and its moon as bright beacons from millions of miles away in space. NASA's Cassini ... > full story -
Microchips That Mimic the Brain: Novel Microchips Imitate the Brain's Information Processing in Real Time
July 22, 2013 — Neuroinformatics researchers have demonstrated how complex cognitive abilities can be incorporated into electronic systems made with so-called neuromorphic chips: They show how to assemble and ... > full story -
Could HYCCUPS Boost Phone Battery Life?
July 22, 2013 — A new system that goes by the name of "hybrid contextual cloud in ubiquitous platforms comprising of smart phones" or HYCCUPS for short, has been developed by computer scientists. The system boosts ... > full story -
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Move Like an Octopus: Underwater Propulsion from a 3-D Printer
July 22, 2013 — Octopods, which are also known as octopuses or squid, generally move along the ocean floor with their eight arms, they flee by swimming head-first, in line with the principles of propulsion. When the ... > full story -
Helping Robots Become More Touchy-Feely, Literally: Paper-Thin E-Skin Responds to Touch by Lighting Up
July 21, 2013 — Engineers have created a new e-skin that responds to touch by instantly lighting up. The more intense the pressure, the brighter the light it emits. The material is the first sensor network on ... > full story -
Movement Without Muscles Study in Insects Could Inspire Robot and Prosthetic Limb Developments
July 18, 2013 — Neurobiologists have shown that insect limbs can move without muscles -- a finding that may provide engineers with new ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic ... > full story -
BPA and Chlorine Means Bad News: Modified Forms of Bisphenol A Found to Alter Hormone Signaling in New, Disturbing Ways
July 17, 2013 — The ubiquity of the endocrine-disrupting chemical bisphenol A led researchers to ask what it might be doing in publicly supplied, chlorinated drinking water. The answer: Chlorinated BPA has ... > full story -
Bird Brain? Birds and Humans Have Similar Brain Wiring
July 17, 2013 — You may have more in common with a pigeon than you realize, according to ... > full story
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