Collaborate Disseminate
The ability to pick up the beat in a song and predict its timing, perhaps even shaking your hips to it if you’re that adept on the dance floor, is thought to be skill unique to humans. Known as beat synchronicity, new research suggests this may well ex… Continue reading Dancing rats hint at surprise ability of animals to move to a beat
It has been a back-and-forth affair for NASA’s Artemis I mission over the past few months, with the mission beset by bad weather, leaks and engine trouble. The agency is pressing ahead with a launch attempt this week, however, with the Space Launch Sys… Continue reading NASA’s massive Moon rocket rides out the storm as skies clear for launch
Tiger sharks have a strong symbiotic relationship with seagrass ecosystems, playing the role of apex predator to prevent overgrazing by other species while at the same time patrolling the underwater meadows for sustenance. Scientists studying these spe… Continue reading Tiger sharks with cameras map out the world’s largest seagrass system
Vegetable oils have wide-ranging uses, playing a role in everything from food processing, to perfume production to the manufacture of biofuels. With demand only expected to increase, a team of scientists in Singapore has demonstrated a way of increasin… Continue reading Genetic engineering breakthrough ups oil content of seeds by 18%
Amazon has lofty and long-held ambitions when it comes to drone deliveries, and over the years we’ve seen that translate into continual tinkering with the vehicles that will carry them out. The company has today offered a glimpse of its latest Prime Ai… Continue reading Amazon says its new delivery drone will fly through light rain
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957, placing the first human-made object in space. Fast forward to 2022, and we are now launching more than a thousand satellites into space each year, improving our weather forecasts, boosting our … Continue reading The modern satellites shaping the course of climate science
Scientists studying the behavior of wild octopuses off the coast of Australia have made a strange discovery, with the creatures caught hurling silt, algae and even shells at one another. The finding sees the cephalopods join just a handful of animals k… Continue reading Octopuses hurl objects in rare example of animal throwing behavior
Wearable technology is capable of tracking various measures of human health and is getting better all the time. New research shows how this could come to mean real-time feedback on posture and body mechanics. A research team at Cornell University has d… Continue reading BodyTrak wrist camera constructs 3D models of the body in real time
Implants that regulate electrical activity in the brain have been used to treat Parkinson’s symptoms for decades, and lately we’re seeing how they might do so much more. A new design could greatly improve the experience of living with these devices, by using integrated triboelectric generators to convert a user’s breathing movements into electricity.
Tags: Deep Brain Stimulation, Brain stimulation, Brain, University of Connecticut, Parkinson’s Disease
Continue reading Brain stimulator implant powers itself through breathing
There are now more than 800 zero-emission buses roaming the streets of London in a bid to cut into the city’s carbon footprint, and the introduction of new fast-charging infrastructure should help speed things along. The move involves the purchase of 2… Continue reading Fast-charging arms latch onto London electric buses for 10-minute top-ups