Physicists have created a new form of light that could enable quantum computing with photons. …read more Source:: Science
Month: February 2018
All-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography
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•A new type of all-terrain microbot that moves by tumbling could help usher in tiny machines for various applications. …read more Source:: Science
Tissue paper sensors show promise for health care, entertainment, robotics
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•Engineers have turned tissue paper — similar to toilet tissue — into a new kind of wearable sensor that can detect a pulse, a blink of an eye and other …read more Source:: Science
Dance of auroras: First direct observation of electron frolic
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•The shower of electrons bouncing across Earth’s magnetosphere — commonly known as the Northern Lights — has been directly observed for the first time by an international team of scientists. …read more Source:: Science
Rotating dusty gaseous donut around an active supermassive black hole
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•High resolution observations show a rotating dusty gas torus around an active supermassive black hole. The existence of such rotating donuts-shape structures was first suggested decades ago, but this is …read more Source:: Science
Alzheimer’s disease reversed in mouse model
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•Researchers have found that gradually depleting an enzyme called BACE1 completely reverses the formation of amyloid plaques in the brains of mice with Alzheimer’s disease, thereby improving the animals’ cognitive …read more Source:: Science
Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?
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•Researchers build a robot that moves more like a cockroach. …read more Source:: Science
Money only buys happiness for a certain amount
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•There is an optimal point to how much money it takes to make an individual happy, and that amount varies worldwide, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
Graphene on toast, anyone?
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•The same scientists who introduced laser-induced graphene have enhanced their technique to produce what may become a new class of edible electronics. …read more Source:: Science
Molecular mechanisms crucial for new approach to heart disease therapy mapped
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•Scientists have reprogrammed ordinary cells called fibroblasts into new and healthy heart muscle cells, and recorded changes that appear to be necessary for this reprogramming. …read more Source:: Science