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Facebook Inc.’s acquisition of brain-computer interface technology startup CTRL-Labs Inc. suggests the first big breakthrough in the emerging field of brain-computer interfaces could come not in medical technology but in consumer devices.
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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a way to build soft robots that are compact, portable and multifunctional. The advance was made possible by creating soft, tubular actuators whose movements are electrically controlled, making them easy to integrate with small electronic components
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The authors interpret rocks enriched in mineral salts discovered by the rover as evidence of shallow briny ponds that went through episodes of overflow and drying. The deposits serve as a watermark created by climate fluctuations as the Martian environment transitioned from a wetter one to the freezing desert it is today.
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A new study conducted by researchers examines how such a hypothetical future conflict would have consequences that could ripple across the globe.
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Dog ownership may be associated with longer life and better cardiovascular outcomes, especially for heart attack and stroke survivors who live alone
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In the new study, the researchers trained a neural network to predict the circular patterns that would be created by a biological circuit embedded into a bacterial culture. The system worked 30,000 times faster than the existing computational model.
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Scientists have helped three amputees merge with their bionic prosthetic legs as they climb over various obstacles without having to look.
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EPFL scientists are developing new approaches for improved control of robotic hands in particular for amputees that combines individual finger control and automation for improved grasping and manipulation.
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Biochemists discover new insights into what may go awry in brains of Alzheimer’s patients
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Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the ‘wasabi receptor,’ a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi.
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