Monarch butterflies and a few other insects evolved essentially the same genetic mutations allowing them to eat toxic milkweed without getting sick. Monarch butterflies and caterpillars store the toxins to …read more Source:: Science
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Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air
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•Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs. It’s a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues with exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body’s …read more Source:: Science
Can artificial intelligence tell a teapot from a golf ball?
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•How smart is the form of artificial intelligence known as deep learning computer networks, and how closely do these machines mimic the human brain? They have improved greatly in recent …read more Source:: Science
Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
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•Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties — soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible — that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. Researchers have now managed to produce a biocompatible synthetic material that replicates …read more Source:: Science
Robotic fish can ‘see’ and mimic live fish
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•Researchers tapped advances in real-time tracking software and robotics to design and test the first closed-loop control system featuring a bioinspired robotic replica interacting in three dimensions with live zebrafish. …read more Source:: Science
Quantum simulators wield control over more than 50 qubits, setting new record
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•Scientists have used more than 50 interacting atomic qubits to mimic magnetic quantum matter, blowing past the complexity of previous demonstrations. …read more Source:: Science
Soft robots that mimic human muscles
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•Robots are usually expected to be rigid, fast and efficient. But researchers have turned that notion on its head with their soft robots. …read more Source:: Science