Scientists have developed a robot that perceives environmental stimuli and learns to react to them….
Month: February 2014
Horse gaits controlled by genetic mutation spread by humans
From the Faroe Pony to the Spanish Mustang, fewer animals have played such a central…
Early autism detection: Speech disrupts facial attention in 6-month-old infants who later develop autism
From birth, infants naturally show a preference for human contact and interaction, including faces and…
Patterns of particles generated by surface charges: How disorder turns into order
Tuning the material structure at the nanoscale level can be really hard to achieve —…
Identity verification: Body odor as a biometric identifier
Researchers are making progress on the development of a new biometric technique that would allow…
Healthy balance: model for studying cancer, immune diseases
The protein STAT1 is involved in defending the body against pathogens and for inhibiting tumor…
New assessment tool designed to improve care provided at hospitals
A new assessment tool can help hospital medicine groups across the United States improve their…
Scams Circulate After German Email Accounts Get Hacked
Recently, the German Federal Office for Information Security disclosed that the email accounts of up…
Scams Circulate After German Email Accounts Get Hacked
Recently, the German Federal Office for Information Security disclosed that the email accounts of up…
Fiery-red coral species discovered in the Peruvian Pacific
A new coral species, Psammogorgia hookeri, has been collected by scuba divers from rocky ledges…