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- Frog-like robot will help surgeons
- Famous performers and sportsmen tend to have shorter lives
- A new twist for quantum systems
- Going places: Rat brain 'GPS' maps routes to rewards
- How smart are your clothes? Interactive electronic fabrics created
- Parents tend to share more bacteria with family dogs than children
| Frog-like robot will help surgeons Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:47 PM PDT Researchers are using the feet of tree frogs as a model for a tiny robot designed to crawl inside patients' bodies during keyhole surgery. |
| Famous performers and sportsmen tend to have shorter lives Posted: 17 Apr 2013 07:36 PM PDT Fame and achievement in performance-related careers may be earned at the cost of a shorter life, according to a new study. |
| A new twist for quantum systems Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:18 AM PDT Physicists have developed a method for precisely controlling quantum systems by exploiting a trick that helps cats to land on their feet and motorists to fit their cars into parking spots. In the longer run, the method could lead to the development of more reliable quantum computers. |
| Going places: Rat brain 'GPS' maps routes to rewards Posted: 17 Apr 2013 10:18 AM PDT Studying rats' ability to navigate familiar territory, scientists found that the hippocampus uses remembered spatial information to imagine routes the rats then follow. Their discovery has implications for understanding why hippocampal damage disrupts specific types of memory and learning in people with Alzheimer's disease and age-related cognitive decline. And because these mental trajectories guide the rats' behavior, the research model may be useful in future studies on higher-level tasks, such as decision-making. |
| How smart are your clothes? Interactive electronic fabrics created Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:22 AM PDT From corsets to caftans, we have seen dramatic changes in popular style over the past 100 years. New research now brings the future of fashion into focus by taking a closer look at the next quantum leap in textile design: computerized fabrics that change their color and their shape in response to movement. |
| Parents tend to share more bacteria with family dogs than children Posted: 17 Apr 2013 06:21 AM PDT As much as dog owners love their children, they tend to share more of themselves, at least in terms of bacteria, with their dogs. |
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