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Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine have discovered a set of neurons in the mouse brain that appear to control physiological responses to fear, like heart palpitations and pupil dilations. Tests in mice suggest that… Continue reading Fear response neurons identified as potential anxiety treatment target
A long-time purveyor of toys and robo-balls in their many forms, Sphero recently started to eye other applications for its robot technology, including machines designed to help first responders. The startup spun-off specifically to develop these kinds … Continue reading ReadySight first responder robot can be tossed into sticky situations
An Australian company has popped out of stealth mode to reveal a new electric VTOL aircraft that is already at the pre-flight prototype stage. AMSL Aero’s Vertiia aircraft can fly up to 800 km (500 miles) on hydrogen, and it’ll start out as an air ambu… Continue reading Australian eVTOL prototype debuts a new spin on the tilt rotor
A team of UK scientists and engineers has demonstrated a novel technology for imaging the brains of infants and babies. The breakthrough is hoped to allow researchers new ways to investigate baby brain activity in natural environments without the need … Continue reading Novel imaging technology offers new way to study baby brain activity
Researchers have developed a drug that can mimic inflammation signals to lure stem cells to damaged tissue, without causing any further inflammation. The technique could be a boon for regenerative medicine to treat neurological disorders.Continue Readi… Continue reading Regenerative drug summons stem cells for inflammation-free healing
Treating wastewater to cleanse it of contaminants like heavy metals is a complex task, and one that often involves a slow-going, scattergun approach. Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have now produced a mat… Continue reading New material cleans copper from wastewater with unmatched efficiency
A fascinating new study, published in the prestigious journal Nature Communications, is shedding light on a previously unknown mechanism by which a hormone released from the gut in the hours after eating effectively switches off the body’s fat producti… Continue reading Discovery of mechanism that switches off fat production after eating
If you want to know the local soil conditions, it would be great if you could just ask an earthworm. Given that that’s an impossibility, though, scientists are now working on the next-best thing – earthworm-inspired soil-analyzing agricultural robots.C… Continue reading Earthworm-inspired robots may be coming to a farm near you
Hearing aids are often stymied by the “cocktail party” effect, wherein they can’t amplify one person’s voice without also boosting the voices of everyone else in the room. A new AI system, however, could help focus the devices’ attention where it’s nee… Continue reading Brain-reading hearing aid tech homes in on speakers’ voices
Engineers at the University of Texas have created one of the smallest memory storage devices ever, made out of a two-dimensional material measuring one nanometer square. Dubbed an “atomristor,” the device works on the movements of single atoms, which c… Continue reading Tiny, high-capacity “atomristor” stores data in single-atom switches