
Tiny Batteries: 3-D Printing Could Lead to Miniaturized Medical Implants, Compact Electronics, Tiny Robots
Three-dimensional printing
can now be used to print
lithium-ion microbatteries
the size of a grain of sand.
The printed microbatteries
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Personality Test Finds Some Mouse Lemurs Shy, Others Bold
In the last 10 years the
study of animal personality
has gained ground with
behavioral ecologists.
Researchers have now found
distinct personalities in
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Fiber-Optic Pen Helps See Inside Brains of Children With Learning Disabilities
For less than $100,
researchers have designed a
computer-interfaced drawing
pad that helps scientists
see inside the brains of
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A Microphone That Listens With Light: Microphones Have Hyper-Acute Hearing and a Sense of Direction
A new sensor will help to
make microphones
hypersensitive: "Think of
traditional videoconference
equipment. Several people
... > full story
- Tiny Batteries: 3-D Printing Could Lead to Miniaturized Medical Implants, Compact Electronics, Tiny Robots
- Personality Test Finds Some Mouse Lemurs Shy, Others Bold
- Fiber-Optic Pen Helps See Inside Brains of Children With Learning Disabilities
- A Microphone That Listens With Light: Microphones Have Hyper-Acute Hearing and a Sense of Direction
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It's the Way You Tell Em': Study Discovers How the Brain Controls Accents and Impersonations
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Chemical Nanoengineering: Designing Drugs Controlled by Light
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Four Microphones and a Computer Algorithm Are Enough to Produce a 3-D Model of a Simple, Convex Room
June 17, 2013 An algorithm makes it possible to measure the dimensions of a room using just a few microphones and a snap of your fingers. There are many promising applications on the ... > full story -
Doctors in Veterinary, Human Medicine Team to Give Burned Horse a Second Chance
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Is There an Invisible Tug-of-War Behind Bad Hearts and Power Outages?
June 17, 2013 Researchers report the first purely physical experimental evidence that an invisible and chaotic tug-of-war known as a chimera state can occur naturally within any process that relies on spontaneous ... > full story -
People Attribute Minds to Robots, Corpses That Are Targets of Harm
June 17, 2013 As Descartes famously noted, there's no way to really know that another person has a mind -- every mind we observe is, in a sense, a mind we create. Now, new research suggests that victimization may ... > full story -
Mice in a 'Big Brother' Setup Develop Social Structures
June 17, 2013 New research into mouse social behavior finds signs of leadership and reveals features of "autistic" mouse ... > full story -
Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat
June 17, 2013 Thanks to its legs, whose design faithfully reproduces feline morphology, a four-legged "cheetah-cub robot" has the same advantages as its model: it is small, light and fast. Still in its ... > full story -
Bioenergy Potential Unearthed in Leaf-Cutter Ant Communities
June 14, 2013 As spring warms up Wisconsin, humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens. Colonies of leaf-cutter ants cultivate thriving communities of fungi and bacteria using freshly cut plant ... > full story -
Current Affairs Make Life Hard for Stickleback Dads
June 14, 2013 This Father’s Day, spare a thought for three-spined stickleback fish – who may have been having a tough time this year, according to ... > full story
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