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- New research shows gene exchange between viruses and hosts drives evolution
- System recognizes hand gestures to expand computer input on a keyboard
- Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces
- Can a goldfish drive a car on land?
| New research shows gene exchange between viruses and hosts drives evolution Posted: 05 Jan 2022 08:14 AM PST The first comprehensive analysis of viral horizontal gene transfer (HGT) illustrates the extent to which viruses pick up genes from their hosts to hone their infection process, while at the same time hosts also co-opt useful viral genes. |
| System recognizes hand gestures to expand computer input on a keyboard Posted: 05 Jan 2022 06:44 AM PST Researchers are developing a new technology that uses hand gestures to carry out commands on computers. |
| Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces Posted: 04 Jan 2022 09:36 AM PST Conventional wet-chemistry methods used to create biocidal materials are complex, time-consuming, and expensive. Researchers present a tutorial in which they explore a promising alternative called plasma-enabled surface engineering. The technology relies on nonequilibrium plasma that produces chemical reactions to change the properties at the material surface. Reactions can be manipulated by adjusting electric power for surface activation, coating deposition, and surface nanostructuring of virtually any solid material. |
| Can a goldfish drive a car on land? Posted: 04 Jan 2022 08:22 AM PST Are animals' innate navigational abilities universal or are they restricted to their home environments? Researchers designed a set of wheels under a goldfish tank with a camera system to record and translate the fish's movements into forward and back and side to side directions to the wheels. By doing so, they discovered that a goldfish's navigational ability supersedes its watery environs. |
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