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- Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view: Pigeons can inform navigation technology design
- Environs prompt advantageous gene mutations as plants grow; changes passed to progeny
- First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human
- Loudest animal is recorded for the first time
- Research reveals new secret weapon for Tour de France: Beetroot juice
- Snooze you win? It's true for achieving hoop dreams, says new study
- Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils
- Researchers map the physics of Tibetan singing bowls
- Tarantula's double beating heart revealed by MRI
- Why 'event cloaks' could be the key to the ultimate bank heist
- 'Goat plague' threat to global food security and economy must be tackled, experts warn
| Auto-pilots need a birds-eye view: Pigeons can inform navigation technology design Posted: 01 Jul 2011 12:04 PM PDT New research on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests may lead to new developments in robotics and auto-pilots. Scientists trained pigeons to fly through an artificial forest with a tiny camera attached to their heads, literally giving a birds-eye view.  |
| Environs prompt advantageous gene mutations as plants grow; changes passed to progeny Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT Researchers have found that the environment not only weeds out harmful and useless genetic mutations in plants through natural selection, but actually influences helpful mutations, and that these beneficial changes are passed on to the next generation.  |
| First cookiecutter shark attack on a live human Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:16 AM PDT A new study provides details on the first cookiecutter shark attack on a live human, a concern as warm summer waters attract more people to the ocean.  |
| Loudest animal is recorded for the first time Posted: 01 Jul 2011 09:15 AM PDT The loudest animal on Earth, relative to its body size, is a tiny water boatman, scientists have shown. The sound is within human hearing range and at 99.2 decibels it represents the equivalent of listening to an orchestra play loudly while sitting in the front row.  |
| Research reveals new secret weapon for Tour de France: Beetroot juice Posted: 01 Jul 2011 07:17 AM PDT Winning margins in the Tour de France can be tight. Now there could be a new, completely legal and rather surprising weapon in the armory for riders aiming to shave vital seconds off their time -- beetroot juice. Research in the UK has shown drinking the juice enables competitive-level cyclists to cut down the time it takes to ride a given distance. This is the first study which has shown that beetroot juice can be effective in a simulated competition environment.  |
| Snooze you win? It's true for achieving hoop dreams, says new study Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:35 AM PDT Young basketball players spend hours dribbling up and down the court aspiring to NBA stardom. Now, new research suggests another tactic to achieving their hoop dreams: sleep.  |
| Nature uses screws and nuts: Previously unknown musculoskeletal system discovered in weevils Posted: 01 Jul 2011 05:28 AM PDT A musculoskeletal system so far unknown in the animal world was recently discovered in weevils. The hip of Trigonopterus oblongus does not consist of the usual hinges, but of joints based on a screw-and-nut system. This first biological screw thread is about half a millimeter in size and was studied in detail using synchrotron radiation.  |
| Researchers map the physics of Tibetan singing bowls Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:00 PM PDT Researchers have been investigating the connection between fifth century Himalayan instruments used in religious ceremonies and modern physics.  |
| Tarantula's double beating heart revealed by MRI Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:00 PM PDT A specialized magnetic resonance imaging scanner has been used on tarantulas for the first time, giving unprecedented videos of the spider's heart beating. The images showed possible "double beating," a type of contraction which has never been considered before. The non-invasive nature of MRI provides added insight.  |
| Why 'event cloaks' could be the key to the ultimate bank heist Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:59 PM PDT In this month's special issue of Physics World, which examines the science and applications of invisibility, Martin McCall and Paul Kinsler of Imperial College London describe a new type of invisibility cloak that does not just hide objects -- but events.  |
| 'Goat plague' threat to global food security and economy must be tackled, experts warn Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:38 PM PDT "Goat plague," or peste des petits ruminants, is threatening global food security and poverty alleviation in the developing world, say leading veterinarians and animal health experts.  |
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