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Biochemists to study how crops can increase protein production
Apr 10, 2009 |
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The small flowering plant Arabidopsis is widely used in laboratories as a model organism in plant biology.
How You Feel the World Impacts How You See It
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 03, 2009 |
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In the classic waterfall illusion, if you stare at the downward motion of a waterfall for some period of time, stationary objects -- like rocks -- appear to drift upward. MIT neuroscientists have found that ...
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Fingertip Device Helps Computers Read Hand Gestures
Jul 27, 2006 |
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With the tap of a single finger, computer users soon may be drawn deeper into the virtual world using a new device developed in the University at Buffalo's Virtual Reality Lab.
What gives us fingertip dexterity?
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Quickly moving your fingertips to tap or press a surface is essential for everyday life to, say, pick up small objects, use a BlackBerry or an iPhone. But researchers at the University of Southern California say that this ...
What gives us fingertip dexterity?
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Quickly moving your fingertips to tap or press a surface is essential for everyday life to, say, pick up small objects, use a BlackBerry or an iPhone. But researchers at the University of Southern California ...
One-finger exercise reveals unexpected limits to dexterity
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 08, 2009 |
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"Push your finger as hard as you can against the surface. Now as hard as you can but move it slowly - follow the ticking clock. Now faster. Now faster."
Brain represents tools as temporary body parts, study confirms
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Researchers have what they say is the first direct proof of a very old idea: that when we use a tool—even for just a few minutes—it changes the way our brain represents the size of our body. In other words, ...
Researchers Demonstrate Molecular Delivery System for Molecular Communication
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Mar 27, 2008 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that in experiments being carried out jointly with Professor Kazuo Sutoh of the Department of Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, and Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi of the Institute ...
TVs, Cell Phones to Learn 'Sign Language'
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 13, 2008 |
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The days of pressing tangible buttons to operate TVs and cell phones may one day be replaced by waving, clapping, and pointing. With two upcoming products, Sony Ericsson´s Z555 gesture phone and JVC´s "Snap ...
What science says about beach sand and stomach aches
Aug 11, 2009 |
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By washing your hands after digging in beach sand, you could greatly reduce your risk of ingesting bacteria that could make you sick. In new research, scientists have determined that, although beach sand is a potential source ...
Researchers use fluorescence to develop method for detecting mercury in fish
Nov 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a simple and quick method for detecting mercury in fish and dental samples, two substances at the center of public concern about mercury contamination. The technique ...
Fingerprint instead of Blood Sample
May 16, 2007 |
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To this day, fingerprints are just the thing when a perpetrator needs to be arrested or a person needs to be identified. British scientists working with David A. Russell also want to make it possible to use fingerprints to ...
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