Scientists Steer Car With the Power of Thought

Scientists Steer Car With the Power of Thought

  8:04:00 AM    Science Lover

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You need to keep your thoughts from wandering, if you drive using the new technology from the AutoNOMOS innovation labs of Freie Universität Berlin. The computer scientists have developed a system making it possible to steer a car with your thoughts. Using new commercially...

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Male Fertility Is in the Bones: First Evidence That Skeleton Plays a Role in Reproduction

Male Fertility Is in the Bones: First Evidence That Skeleton Plays a Role in Reproduction

  11:19:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have discovered that the skeleton acts as a regulator of fertility in male mice through a hormone released by bone, known as osteocalcin. Researchers have found an altogether unexpected  connection between a hormone...

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Wireless Heart Implant Reduces HospitalizationsA pressure-sensing implant helps heart-failure patients stay healthy.

Wireless Heart Implant Reduces HospitalizationsA pressure-sensing implant helps heart-failure patients stay healthy.

  10:29:00 AM    Science Lover

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A wireless sensor developed by Atlanta-based CardioMEMS reduced the number of hospitalizations in patients with heart failure by 39 percent. The tiny implant monitors fluid pressure in the pulmonary artery and transmits the data wirelessly to physicians, who can adjust...

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Next-Generation Electronic Devices: Conduction, Surface States in Topological Insulator Nanoribbons Controlled

Next-Generation Electronic Devices: Conduction, Surface States in Topological Insulator Nanoribbons Controlled

  10:25:00 AM    Science Lover

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In recent years, topological insulators have become one of the hottest topics in physics. These new materials act as both insulators and conductors, with their interior preventing the flow of electrical currents while their edges or surfaces allow the movement of a charge. Bismuth...

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Watch 3D films on cellphone!

Watch 3D films on cellphone!

  1:55:00 AM    Science Lover

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Watching 3D films on your cellphone would now be possible thanks to researchers who have combined the new mobile radio standard LTE-advanced with a video coding technique. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, HHI in Berlin,...

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New Solar Cell Self-Repairs Like Natural Plant Systems

New Solar Cell Self-Repairs Like Natural Plant Systems

  10:09:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers are creating a new type of solar cell designed to self-repair like natural photosynthetic systems in plants by using carbon nanotubes and DNA, an approach aimed at increasing service life and reducing cost. Jong Hyun Choi, an assistant professor of mechanical  engineering...

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Brain's Electrical Fields: Neural Communication

Brain's Electrical Fields: Neural Communication

  8:57:00 PM    Science Lover

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The brain -- awake and sleeping -- is awash in electrical activity, and not just from the individual pings of single neurons communicating with each other. In fact, the brain is enveloped in countless overlapping electric fields, generated by the neural circuits of scores...

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'Tall Order' Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms

'Tall Order' Sunlight-to-Hydrogen System Works, Neutron Analysis Confirms

  10:28:00 AM    Science Lover

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Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a biohybrid photoconversion system -- based on the interaction of photosynthetic plant proteins with synthetic polymers -- that can convert visible light into hydrogen fuel. Neutron...

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Human Genome's Breaking Points: Genetic Sequence of Large-Scale Differences Between Human Genomes

Human Genome's Breaking Points: Genetic Sequence of Large-Scale Differences Between Human Genomes

  10:04:00 AM    Science Lover

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A detailed analysis of data from 185 human genomes sequenced in the course of the 1000 Genomes Project, by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute...

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