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Saturday, February 9, 2013

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News

ScienceDaily: Strange Science News


Paralyzed man uses thoughts alone to control robot arm, touch friend's hand, after seven years

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 09:48 AM PST

Researchers have described how an electrode array on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to reach out with a robot arm to touch a friend's hand for the first time in the seven years since he was paralyzed.

Researchers explore quantum entanglement

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 08:02 AM PST

Researchers propose a way in which "spooky action at a distance" can be shown experimentally.

Using Twitter to predict the influence of lifestyle on health

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 08:00 AM PST

Researchers showed last year how Twitter can be used to predict how likely it is for a Twitter user to become sick. They have now used Twitter to model how other factors -- social status, exposure to pollution, interpersonal interaction and others -- influence health.

3-D printing on the micrometer scale

Posted: 08 Feb 2013 07:59 AM PST

Scientists have developed the world's fastest 3D printer of micro- and nanostructures. With this printer, smallest three-dimensional objects, often smaller than the diameter of a human hair, can be manufactured with minimum time consumption and maximum resolution. The printer is based on a novel laser lithography method.

Nylons made from shrimps

Posted: 07 Feb 2013 04:42 AM PST

Scientists are investigating how shell waste from crustaceans could be turned into polymer precursors as a substitute to petroleum-derived solutions.

Wearable cameras provide new insight into lifestyle behaviors and health

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 05:30 AM PST

Understanding the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and health outcomes can be enhanced by the use of wearable cameras, concludes a collection of studies in a special theme issue.

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