Robot Arm Improves Performance of Brain-Controlled Device

Robot Arm Improves Performance of Brain-Controlled Device

  10:34:00 AM    Science Lover

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The performance of a brain-machine interface designed to help paralyzed subjects move objects with their thoughts is improved with the addition of a robotic arm providing sensory feedback, a new study from the University of Chicago finds. During the experiment, monkeys...

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Bioengineers Discover How Particles Self-Assemble in Flowing Fluids

Bioengineers Discover How Particles Self-Assemble in Flowing Fluids

  10:10:00 AM    Science Lover

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From atomic crystals to spiral galaxies, self-assembly is ubiquitous in nature. In biological processes, self-assembly at the molecular level is particularly prevalent. A simple microfluidic "filter" structure converts  microparticle streams with smaller interparticle  spacings...

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Neutron Stars and String Theory in a Lab: Chilled Atoms Give Clues to Deep Space and Particle Physics

Neutron Stars and String Theory in a Lab: Chilled Atoms Give Clues to Deep Space and Particle Physics

  8:22:00 PM    Science Lover

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Using lasers to contain some ultra-chilled atoms, a team of scientists has measured the viscosity or stickiness of a gas often considered to be the sixth state of matter. The measurements verify that this gas can be used as a "scale model" of exotic matter, such as super-high...

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Alzheimer's: 'Cleansing' Brain of Plaques

Alzheimer's: 'Cleansing' Brain of Plaques

  8:08:00 PM    Science Lover

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New molecular tools developed at the University of Michigan show promise for "cleansing" the brain of amyloid plaques, implicated in Alzheimer's disease. Small Molecules for Metal-Amyloid Species in the Brain.  (Credit: Mi Hee Lim and Joseph J. Braymer) A hallmark...

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Brains Wired So We Can Better Hear Ourselves

Brains Wired So We Can Better Hear Ourselves

  8:02:00 PM    Science Lover

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Like the mute button on the TV remote control, our brains filter out unwanted noise so we can focus on what we're listening to. But when it comes to following our own speech, a new brain study from the University of California, Berkeley, shows that instead of one homogenous...

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No Wrong Side To This Bad

No Wrong Side To This Bad

  10:28:00 AM    Science Lover

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US researchers have created a smart hospital bed that is aware of its surrounding. The intelligent bed will make important decisions regarding the patients' healthcare which will involve both improving and saving precious lives. A prototype of the smart bed that is being...

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Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun

Dark Matter Could Transfer Energy in the Sun

  10:05:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers from the Institute for Corpuscular Physics (IFIC) and other European groups have studied the effects of the presence of dark matter in the Sun. According to their calculations, low mass dark matter particles could be transferring energy from the core to the...

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The Future of Metabolic Engineering: Designer Molecules, Cells and Microorganisms

The Future of Metabolic Engineering: Designer Molecules, Cells and Microorganisms

  5:22:00 PM    Science Lover

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Will we one day design and create molecules, cells and microorganisms that produce specific chemical products from simple, readily-available, inexpensive starting materials? Will the synthetic organic chemistry now used to produce pharmaceutical drugs, plastics and a...

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Antibacterial Soaps: Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick, Study Suggests

Antibacterial Soaps: Being Too Clean Can Make People Sick, Study Suggests

  9:57:00 AM    Science Lover

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Young people who are overexposed to antibacterial soaps containing triclosan may suffer more allergies, and exposure to higher levels of Bisphenol A among adults may negatively influence the immune system, a new University of Michigan School of Public Health study suggests. Young...

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