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Columbia Engineering researchers have created revolutionary ultra-thin ‘meta-lens’
Light of different colors travels at different speeds in different materials and structures. This is why we see white light split into its constituent...
Skilled musicians read musical notes slightly faster than novices
A musician’s note reading speed and capability to effectively scan the notation are the keys to successful playing, found researchers as they were examining...
A new study reports it is possible to reverse the effects of aging
What’s the secret to aging well?
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered it- on a cellular level.
Cell senescence is a process in which...
Planet X : Scientists have new evidence on Planet Nine
Caltech researchers have found mathematical evidence suggesting there may be a "Planet X" deep in the solar system.
This hypothetical Neptune-sized planet orbits our sun...
MagnetoSperm : Tiny Robots Swim Around Your Body Delivering Drugs
In 2014 started the reasearch of MagnetoSperm - it's a tiny, swimming robot inspired by sperm cells.
Described in the journal Applied Physics Letters, such microrobots if...
MIT : new microgram-scale linear and rotational microhydraulic actuators driven by electrowetting
Microhydraulic actuators are designed to convert electrical power into mechanical power on a microscale with more power density and higher efficiency.
ed from a large...
The algorithm called Dereplicator+ efficiently finds antibiotic candidates
If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, it's best to know what hay looks like.
An international team of researchers has applied this...
New energy-saving solution for frozen-food storage
Kristen Parrish's work focuses on integrating energy-efficiency methods into the design, construction and operational processes of buildings.
Robert Wang's expertise in thermal science includes the...
Successfully demonstrated a novel approach to human-like balance in a biped robot
When walking in a crowded place, humans typically aren't thinking about how we avoid bumping into one another.
We are built to use a gamut...
Reading is a team-lift as different brain parts work together to predict proficiency
Here's a sentence. Got it? You just involuntarily transformed symbols on a screen into sounds in your head. Or to put it another way,...
Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not a computer – However brains do...
Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not a computer. However brains do, in their own way, compute.
They integrate informational inputs to generate outputs,...
Sexual harassment: Bogota is the worst city to live in for girls and young...
Bogota is the worst city to live in for girls and young women when it comes to sexual harassment, a report by a humanitarian...
Researchers report virtual reality can help to lower pain levels and increase performance when...
The research, led by PhD candidate Maria Matsangidou from EDA, set out to determine how using VR while exercising could affect performance by measuring...
Menopause : anxiety and memory problems may increase as a result in a drop...
Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according to a new rodent study.
The findings will...
Gut and brain are more closely connected than we once thought
We've all experienced a "gut feeling"—when we know deep down inside that something is true.
That phenomenon and others, aptly describe what scientists have now...
