Researchers have developed an artificial nervous system that could give prosthetic limbs or robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. …read more Source:: Science
Month: May 2018
Two ancient populations that diverged later ‘reconverged’ in the Americas
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•A new genetic study of ancient individuals in the Americas and their contemporary descendants finds that two populations that diverged from one another 18,000 to 15,000 years ago remained apart …read more Source:: Science
Scientists rethink co-evolution of marine life, oxygenated oceans
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•Researchers have confirmed that rising oceanic and atmospheric oxygen levels co-evolved with marine life hundreds of millions of years ago. …read more Source:: Science
Number of wild mountain gorillas exceeds 1,000
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•A recent census of the critically endangered mountain gorillas conducted in the Virunga Volcanoes found a minimum of 604 individuals. In combination with the 400 individuals living in the only …read more Source:: Science
Cellular recycling process is key to longer, healthier life
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•Building on two decades of research, investigators have determined that ‘cellular housekeeping’ can extend the lifespan and healthspan of mammals. …read more Source:: Science
In ancient boulders, new clues about the story of human migration to the Americas
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•A geological study provides compelling evidence to support the hypothesis that ancient humans migrated into the Americas via a coastal route. By analyzing boulders and bedrock, a team shows that …read more Source:: Science
Cometh the cyborg: Improved integration of living muscles into robots
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•Researchers have developed a novel method of growing whole muscles from hydrogel sheets impregnated with myoblasts. They then incorporated these muscles as antagonistic pairs into a biohybrid robot, which successfully …read more Source:: Science
Even a shark’s electrical ‘sixth sense’ may be tuned to attack
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•Imagine having superhuman hearing. You’re at a noisy, cocktail party and yet your ears can detect normally inaudible sounds. But, unlike normal hearing, each of these sounds causes your ears …read more Source:: Science
World’s oldest lizard fossil discovered
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•Paleontologists have identified the world’s oldest lizard, providing key insight into the evolution of modern lizards and snakes. …read more Source:: Science
New model explains what we see when a massive black hole devours a star
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•A star that wanders too close to the supermassive black hole in the center of its galaxy will be torn apart by the black hole’s gravity in a violent cataclysm …read more Source:: Science