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- NASA's Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks
- Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world
- Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile
- Algorithmic autos
- Researchers go cuckoo: Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas
- Artificial pieces of brain use light to communicate with real neurons
- Faster breeding sea urchins: A comeback animal model for developmental biology
- Comedy club performances provide insights on how robots, humans connect via humor
- All pumped up for new-age rubber
| NASA's Curiosity rover finds clues to chilly ancient Mars buried in rocks Posted: 19 May 2020 01:58 PM PDT By studying the chemical elements on Mars today -- including carbon and oxygen -- scientists can work backwards to piece together the history of a planet that once had the conditions necessary to support life. |
| Scientists use light to accelerate supercurrents, access forbidden light, quantum world Posted: 19 May 2020 01:58 PM PDT Scientists are using light waves to accelerate supercurrents to access the unique and potentially useful properties of the quantum world. |
| Fishing rod 'selfie stick' and scientific sleuthing turn up clues to extinct sea reptile Posted: 19 May 2020 01:58 PM PDT A paleontologist visiting the Natural History Museum in London desperately wanted a good look at the skeleton of an extinct aquatic reptile, but its glass case was too far up the wall. So he attached his digital camera to a fishing rod and -- with several clicks -- snagged a big one, scientifically speaking. |
| Posted: 19 May 2020 11:04 AM PDT Connected and automated vehicles use technology such as sensors, cameras and advanced control algorithms to adjust their operation to changing conditions with little or no input from drivers. A research group optimized vehicle dynamics and powertrain operation using connectivity and automation, while developing and testing a control framework that reduced travel time and energy use in a connected and automated vehicle. |
| Researchers go cuckoo: Antarctic penguins release an extreme amount of laughing gas Posted: 19 May 2020 08:42 AM PDT In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have demonstrated that penguins in Antarctica emit copious amounts of nitrous oxide via their feces. So much so, that the researchers went ''cuckoo'' from being surrounded by penguin poop. |
| Artificial pieces of brain use light to communicate with real neurons Posted: 19 May 2020 07:13 AM PDT Researchers have created a way for artificial neuronal networks to communicate with biological neuronal networks. The new system converts artificial electrical spiking signals to a visual pattern than is then used to entrain the real neurons via optogenetic stimulation of the network. This advance will be important for future neuroprosthetic devices that replace damages neurons with artificial neuronal circuitry. |
| Faster breeding sea urchins: A comeback animal model for developmental biology Posted: 19 May 2020 07:13 AM PDT Researchers identified a species of sea urchin with a relatively short breeding cycle of six months. They used CRISPR technology to remove a gene that provides pigment. Male albino sea urchins survived. Crossing these with wild-type sea urchins and then breeding the offspring yielded second-generation albino mutants that matured to adulthood. |
| Comedy club performances provide insights on how robots, humans connect via humor Posted: 19 May 2020 06:34 AM PDT A robot comic is more funny when it has good timing. |
| All pumped up for new-age rubber Posted: 18 May 2020 08:17 AM PDT Imagine a self-repairing rubber, or super-adhesive made entirely from waste materials. It sounds like science fiction, but researchers have discovered a new kind of rubber and catalyst that together can be used with low energy consumption to make flexible, repairable, sustainable objects. |
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