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- Turn up the volume? A better way to broadcast over the noise
- Blind(fold)ed by science: Study shows the strategy humans use to chase objects
- High-octane bacteria could ease pain at the pump: Engineered E. coli mass-produce key precursor to potent biofuel
- Video game tech used to steer cockroaches on autopilot
- Past brain activation revealed in scans: Brain activity patterns preserve traces of previous cognitive activity
| Turn up the volume? A better way to broadcast over the noise Posted: 25 Jun 2013 01:20 PM PDT Loud, distorted and repetitive announcements are common in noisy public spaces like airports and train stations. But researchers in Sweden have found that voice manipulation works better than turning up the volume.  |
| Blind(fold)ed by science: Study shows the strategy humans use to chase objects Posted: 25 Jun 2013 11:09 AM PDT A study found that people who are blindfolded employ the same strategy to intercept a running ball carrier as people who can see, which suggests that multiple areas of the brain cooperate to accomplish the task.  |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:13 AM PDT Potent gasoline-like biofuels are needed to fuel millions of cars with internal combustion engines, and current biofuels don't pack the necessary power. Now scientists have programmed bacteria to tailor-make key precursors of high-octane biofuels that could one day replace gasoline.  |
| Video game tech used to steer cockroaches on autopilot Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:12 AM PDT Researchers are using video game technology to remotely control cockroaches on autopilot, with a computer steering the cockroach through a controlled environment. The researchers are using the technology to track how roaches respond to the remote control, with the goal of developing ways that roaches on autopilot can be used to map dynamic environments -- such as collapsed buildings.  |
| Posted: 25 Jun 2013 09:11 AM PDT What if experts could dig into the brain, like archaeologists, and uncover the history of past experiences? This ability might reveal what makes each of us a unique individual, and it could enable the objective diagnosis of a wide range of neuropsychological diseases. New research hints that such a scenario is within the realm of possibility: It shows that spontaneous waves of neuronal activity in the brain bear the imprints of earlier events for at least 24 hours after the experience has taken place.  |
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