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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


New musical pacifier helps premature babies get healthy

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:35 PM PDT

The innovative PAL device uses musical lullabies to help infants quickly learn the muscle movements needed to suck, and ultimately feed.

Morphing robots and shape-shifting sculptures: Origami-inspired design merges engineering, art

Posted: 21 May 2012 01:41 PM PDT

Researchers have shown how to create morphing robotic mechanisms and shape-shifting sculptures from a single sheet of paper in a method reminiscent of origami, the Japanese art of paper folding.

What baboons can teach us about social status

Posted: 21 May 2012 01:38 PM PDT

High-ranking male baboons recover more quickly from injuries and are less likely to become ill than other males, biologists have found.

Squid ink from Jurassic period identical to modern cuttlefish ink

Posted: 21 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Scientists have found that two ink sacs from 160-million-year-old giant squid fossils discovered 2 years ago in England contain the pigment melanin, and that it is essentially identical to the melanin found in the ink sacs of modern-day squid.

Totally RAD: Bioengineers create rewritable digital data storage in DNA

Posted: 21 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT

Scientists have devised a method for repeatedly encoding, storing and erasing digital data within the DNA of living cells. In practical terms, they have devised the genetic equivalent of a binary digit -- a "bit" in data parlance.

From lemons to lemonade: Using carbon dioxide to make carbon nitride

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Scientists have discovered a chemical reaction that not only eats up the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, it creates some useful compounds to boot.

Don't like blood tests? New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cells

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT

Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device however, can reveal much the same information as a traditional blood test in real-time, simply by shining a light through the skin. This portable optical instrument is able to provide high-resolution images of blood coursing through veins without the need for harsh fluorescent dyes.

Rare neurons linked to empathy and self-awareness discovered in monkey brains

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Scientists have discovered brain cells in monkeys that may be linked to self-awareness and empathy in humans.

Tea could aid Olympic cheating

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Researchers have found that green and white teas could hide abnormal levels of testosterone in athletes.

Cloak of invisibility: Engineers use plasmonics to create an invisible photodetector

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:46 AM PDT

Engineers have for the first time used "plasmonic cloaking" to create a device that can see without being seen -- an invisible machine that detects light. It is the first example of what the researchers describe as a new class of devices that controls the flow of light at the nanoscale to produce both optical and electronic functions.

Hall effect at the speed of light: How can you demonstrate relativistic effects with your mobile phone?

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:29 AM PDT

The relativistic Hall effect describing objects rotating at speeds comparable with the speed of light has now been reported.

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