Plants can distinguish when touch starts and stops
PULLMAN, Wash. – Even without nerves, plants can sense when something touches them and when it lets go, a Washington ...
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The brain reacts differently to touch depending on context
The touch of another person may increase levels of the “feelgood” hormone oxytocin. But the context really matters. The situation ...
Artificial intelligence with a human touch
Despite the remarkable progress in artificial intelligence (AI), several studies show that AI systems do not improve radiologists' diagnostic performance. ...
CityU develops wireless, soft e-skin for interactive touch communication in the virtual world
Sensing a hug from each other via the internet may be a possibility in the near future. A research team ...
Hands-free tech adds realistic sense of touch in extended reality
HOUSTON – (Feb. 22, 2023) – With an eye toward a not-so-distant future where some people spend most or all ...
Tech that turns household surfaces into touch sensors is a touch closer to application
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new calibration algorithm for technology that turns common materials ...
Origins of pleasurable touch traced from skin to brain in mice
NEW YORK, NY — A parent’s reassuring touch. A friend’s warm hug. A lover’s enticing embrace. These are among the ...
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 ...
CityU researchers develop wireless, ultrathin “Skin VR” to provide a vivid, “personalised” touch experience in the virtual world
Enhancing the virtual experience with the touch sensation has become a hot topic, but today’s haptic devices remain typically bulky ...
Guiding conservation with local touch
As nature reels towards a hotter, drier, harsher future, new conservation tools – seed banks and frozen zoos, gene editing ...
Soft touch sensitivity
A soft and flexible electronic “e-skin,” so sensitive it can detect the minute temperature difference between an inhaled and an ...
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 ...
Super-fast electric car charging, with a tailor-made touch
CHICAGO, Aug. 22, 2022 — Despite the growing popularity of electric vehicles, many consumers still hesitate to make the switch. ...
Touch and sight are linked before birth
In embryonic stages, tactile stimuli simultaneously activate tactile and visual neural pathways. Shortly after birth, both pathways reorganize to allow ...
Water can’t touch this sanded, powdered surface
HOUSTON – (Aug. 4, 2022) – Want a surface that won’t get wet? Grab some sandpaper. Credit: Weiyin Chen/Rice University HOUSTON ...
What happens when plants have stress reactions to touch
A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants. ...
Designers find better solutions with computer assistance, but sacrifice creative touch
From building software to designing cars, engineers grapple with complex design situations every day. 'Optimizing a technical system, whether it’s ...
Can computers write product reviews with a human touch?
Artificial intelligence systems can be trained to write human-like product reviews that assist consumers, marketers and professional reviewers, according to ...
Neural pathway key to sensation of pleasant touch identified
Studying mice, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a neural circuit and a neuropeptide ...
Electronic skin anticipates and perceives touch from different directions for the first time
A research team from Chemnitz and Dresden has taken a major step forward in the development of sensitive electronic skin ...
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UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
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Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
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American Indian and Alaska native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
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Mount Sinai researchers use new deep learning approach to enable analysis of electrocardiograms as language
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Healthy vascular fat during menopause may stave off dementia later in life
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Renowned sociologist and Black Voices Quintet set to dazzle at HDR UK’s Black Internship Programme Opening Ceremony 2023