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- This bizarre looking helmet can create better brain scans
- First evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection
- Electron conspiracy in a Japanese lattice pattern: Kagome metals baffle science
- Novel wearable armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’
- Portable toilets of the ancient Roman world
- Planetary bodies observed for first time in 'habitable zone' of dead star
- A star in the world of ceramic engineering
- Biohybrid fish made from human cardiac cells swims like the heart beats
- Harvesting baker's yeast for aging-related therapeutics
- How life came to Earth
- Debris from disintegrating planets hurtling into white dwarfs across the galaxy
- Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies
| This bizarre looking helmet can create better brain scans Posted: 11 Feb 2022 07:27 AM PST Researchers have developed a dome-shaped device, which fits over a person's head and can be worn during a brain scan, that boosts MRI performance, creating crisper images that can be captured at twice the normal speed. Eventually, the magnetic metamaterial has the potential to be used in conjunction with cheaper low-field MRI machines to make the technology more widely available, particularly in the developing world. |
| First evidence indicating dinosaur respiratory infection Posted: 11 Feb 2022 07:27 AM PST Scientists have discovered the first evidence of a unique respiratory infection in the fossilized remains of a dinosaur that lived nearly 150 million years ago. Researchers examined the remains of an immature diplodocid -- a long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur, like 'Brontosaurus' - dating back to the Late Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era. The dinosaur nicknamed 'Dolly,' discovered in southwest Montana, had evidence of an infection in the area of its neck vertebrae. |
| Electron conspiracy in a Japanese lattice pattern: Kagome metals baffle science Posted: 11 Feb 2022 07:26 AM PST Toward a new kind of superconductivity: In the past four years scientists have discovered metals whose crystal structure mimics that of a traditional Japanese woven bamboo pattern: kagome metals. The international research activity in this new direction of quantum materials has recently reached a new climax: an international team of physicists has discovered that the underlying kagome lattice structure induces the joint appearance of intricate quantum phenomena which can lead to an unprecedented type of superconductivity. |
| Novel wearable armband helps users of prosthetic hands to ‘get a grip’ Posted: 11 Feb 2022 05:06 AM PST A new study could be a game changer for users of prosthetic hands who have long awaited advances in dexterity. Researchers examined if people could precisely control the grip forces applied to two different objects grasped simultaneously with a dexterous artificial hand. They designed a multichannel wearable soft robotic armband to convey artificial sensations of touch to the robotic hand users. Subjects were able to successfully grasp and transport two objects simultaneously with the dexterous artificial hand without breaking or dropping them, even when their vision of both objects was obstructed. The study is the first to show the feasibility of this complex simultaneous control task while integrating multiple channels of haptic/touch sensation feedback noninvasively. |
| Portable toilets of the ancient Roman world Posted: 11 Feb 2022 05:06 AM PST Archaeologists develop method of identifying intestinal parasites concealed within 1,500-year-old 'chamber pot'. New technique helps distinguish portable toilets from other jars and ceramic vessels, leading to greater understanding of gut health in the past. |
| Planetary bodies observed for first time in 'habitable zone' of dead star Posted: 11 Feb 2022 05:06 AM PST A ring of planetary debris studded with moon-sized structures has been observed orbiting close to a white dwarf star, hinting at a nearby planet in the 'habitable zone' where water and life could exist, according to a new study. White dwarfs are glowing embers of stars that have burned through all their hydrogen fuel. Nearly all stars, including the Sun, will eventually become white dwarfs, but very little is known about their planetary systems. |
| A star in the world of ceramic engineering Posted: 10 Feb 2022 12:42 PM PST Facing the challenging task of developing lightweight, high-strength ceramic materials, an engineer has turned to an unexpected collaborator for design inspiration: the knobby sea star from the tropical Indo-Pacific. By investigating the complex and highly ordered mineralized skeletal system of this unusual marine species, the research team discovered an unexpected combination of characteristics that may lead to developing an entirely new class of high-performance lightweight ceramic composites. |
| Biohybrid fish made from human cardiac cells swims like the heart beats Posted: 10 Feb 2022 12:42 PM PST Scientists have developed the first fully autonomous biohybrid fish from human stem-cell derived cardiac muscle cells. The artificial fish swims by recreating the muscle contractions of a pumping heart, bringing researchers one step closer to developing a more complex artificial muscular pump and providing a platform to study heart disease like arrhythmia. |
| Harvesting baker's yeast for aging-related therapeutics Posted: 10 Feb 2022 12:41 PM PST Researchers have successfully engineered common baker's yeast to produce D-lysergic acid (DLA), an ingredient used in medicine for dementia and Parkinson's Disease. |
| Posted: 10 Feb 2022 09:58 AM PST Researchers have discovered a new clue in the search for the origin of life by showing that peptides can form on dust under conditions such as those prevailing in outer space. These molecules, which are one of the basic building blocks of all life, may therefore not have originated on our planet at all, but possibly in cosmic molecular clouds. |
| Debris from disintegrating planets hurtling into white dwarfs across the galaxy Posted: 10 Feb 2022 05:50 AM PST The moment that debris from destroyed planets impacts the surface of a white dwarf star has been observed. Astronomers saw X-rays from planetary debris heated to a million degrees as it fell onto the dead core of its host star. |
| Unlocking the mechanical secrets of giant Amazonian waterlilies Posted: 09 Feb 2022 12:49 PM PST Researchers studying giant Amazonian waterlilies have unraveled the engineering enigma behind the largest floating leaves in nature. |
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