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- New dark matter detector begins its search
- Robotic insects make first controlled flight
- Primate hibernation more common than previously thought
- Finding Nematostella: Ancient sea creature shines new light on how animals build an appendage
- Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions
- Dustless chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students with milk allergy, study finds
| New dark matter detector begins its search Posted: 02 May 2013 03:53 PM PDT Scientists heard their first pops this week in an experiment that searches for signs of dark matter in the form of tiny bubbles. Scientists will need further analysis to discern whether dark matter caused any of the COUPP-60 experiment's first bubbles at the SNOLAB underground science laboratory.  |
| Robotic insects make first controlled flight Posted: 02 May 2013 11:26 AM PDT In the very early hours of the morning, in a Harvard robotics laboratory last summer, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, it leaped a few inches, hovered for a moment on fragile, flapping wings, and then sped along a preset route through the air. This demonstration of the first controlled flight of an insect-sized robot is the culmination of more than a decade's work.  |
| Primate hibernation more common than previously thought Posted: 02 May 2013 06:47 AM PDT Until recently, the only primate known to hibernate as a survival strategy was a creature called the western fat-tailed dwarf lemur, a tropical tree-dweller from the African island of Madagascar. But it turns out this hibernating lemur isn't alone.  |
| Finding Nematostella: Ancient sea creature shines new light on how animals build an appendage Posted: 02 May 2013 06:35 AM PDT A study of tentacle formation in a sea anemone shows how epithelial cells form elongated structures and puts the spotlight on a new model organism.  |
| Bonding with your virtual self may alter your actual perceptions Posted: 02 May 2013 05:22 AM PDT When people create and modify their virtual reality avatars, the hardships faced by their alter egos can influence how they perceive virtual environments, according to researchers.  |
| Dustless chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students with milk allergy, study finds Posted: 02 May 2013 05:01 AM PDT Many of today's schools and school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a new study, this choice in chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students that have a milk allergy.  |
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