New cellular component with importance for the sense of smell discovered
Researchers at Umeå Universit, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown cellular component, an organelle, inside neurons that we use to ...
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A glimpse of a cell’s sense of touch
A research team at the Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life of TU Dresden and the University of California, Santa ...
The genes of the sixth sense
To perform coordinated movements, we rely on special sensory neurons in our muscles and joints. Without them, the brain wouldn’t ...
Conflicting motives govern sense of fairness
The perception that resources are unfairly distributed is at the root of many social conflicts. Researchers at the University of ...
Making sense of coercivity in magnetic materials with machine learning
Soft magnetic materials, i.e., materials that can be easily magnetized and demagnetized, play an essential role in transformers, generators, and ...
AI-powered make-up mirrors are driving consumers back to stores as they enhance sense of ‘fakeness’, new study finds
A new study has found that digital make-up mirrors enhance a sense of ‘fakeness’ and embarrassment and creates a desire ...
Fertilizers limit pollination by changing how bumblebees sense flowers
Pollinators are less likely to land on flowers sprayed with fertilisers or pesticides as they can detect electric field changes ...
Partisan divide contributed to false sense of racial equality in pandemic mortality
Contact: Adeline Lo, [email protected] Partisan divide contributed to false sense of racial equality in pandemic mortality MADISON —The early months ...
Low sense of personal control increases people’s affinity for tighter, rules-based culture
People who feel a lack of personal control in their lives are more likely to prefer a culture that imposes ...
Actors supress their sense of self when playing a new character
Actors may suppress their core sense of self when acting, as they immerse themselves in a new role, finds a ...
Borrowing a shape from a to-go cup lid, a drone wing could learn how to sense danger faster
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save ...
Seals have a sense of rhythm
Why are we such chatty, musical animals? Evolutionary biologists think that our capacities for speech and music may be linked: ...
Research co-led by CityU develops a high-resolution, wearable electrotactile rendering device that virtualizes the sense of touch
A collaborative research team co-led by City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has developed a wearable tactile rendering system, which ...
Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor
Since at least the time of inquiring minds like Plato, philosophers and scientists have puzzled over the question, “What’s so ...
Sharing a laugh: Scientists teach a robot when to have a sense of humor
Since at least the time of inquiring minds like Plato, philosophers and scientists have puzzled over the question, “What’s so ...
Characteristics of patients with long COVID, persistent impaired sense of smell
About The Study: In this study of 219 patients with long COVID and neurologic symptoms, 64% had an impaired sense ...
A sense of place
At a glance: Research in mice illuminates the molecular mechanisms that underlie spatial mapping in the brain Scientists found that ...
Mosquitoes have a bizarre sense of smell, study finds
If you’ve ever sprayed yourself head to toe in bug repellent, yet still felt like a mosquito magnet, it will ...
New programmable materials can sense their own movements
MIT researchers have developed a method for 3D printing materials with tunable mechanical properties, which can sense how they are ...
WVU researcher making sense of brain circuits with $1.6M NSF grant
A fruit fly walks on a rolling ball. Credit: WVU Photo/Brian Persinger A fruit fly walks on a rolling ball. ...
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Hydrogen peroxide from tea and coffee residue: New pathway to sustainability
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Birds win in coffee landscapes with forests and shade trees
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Constructor University professor publishes outstanding psychological research paper
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Chemotherapy in the afternoon dramatically improves treatment outcomes in female lymphoma patients
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Danish quantum physicists make nanoscopic advance of colossal significance