A new blood test demonstrated remarkable promise in discriminating between persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease and in persons at known genetic risk may be able to detect the disease …read more Source:: Science
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Spectacular bird’s-eye view? Hummingbirds see diverse colors humans can only imagine
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•While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team …read more Source:: Science
Wearable sensors detect what’s in your sweat
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•A team of scientists is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what’s in your sweat. In a new article, the team describes a sensor design that can be rapidly …read more Source:: Science
‘Spider-like senses’ could help autonomous machines see better
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•Researchers are building ‘spidey senses’ into the shells of autonomous cars and drones so that they could detect and avoid objects better. …read more Source:: Science
Scientists bioengineer a cellular speedometer
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•Researchers have discovered that Pseudomonas bacteria can detect the speed (shear rate) of flow regardless of the force. By linking the flow-detecting gene to one responsible for illumination, they have …read more Source:: Science
New type of highly sensitive vision discovered in deep-sea fish
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•The deep sea is home to fish species that can detect various wavelengths of light in near-total darkness. Unlike other vertebrates, they have several genes for the light-sensitive photopigment rhodopsin, …read more Source:: Science
New disease surveillance tool helps detect any human-infecting virus
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•A new computational method called ‘CATCH’ designs molecular ‘baits’ for any virus known to infect humans and all their known strains, including those that are present in low abundance in …read more Source:: Science
Ricocheting radio waves monitor the tiniest movements in a room
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•Metamaterials researchers have shown that patterns made by radio waves can detect a person’s presence and location anywhere inside of a room. The technology is sensitive enough to detect a …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
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