Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built
DexNet 2.0.
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Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives is a slippery task for robots....
Gene therapy could ‘turn off’ severe allergies
Might it be possible to 'turn off' a food allergy?
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A single treatment giving life-long protection from severe allergies such as...
Human activity has polluted European air for 2,000 years
Photo of the Colle Gnifetti glacier on the Swiss-Italian border where the ice core used in the study was taken. In the bottom right...
Mysterious new phase of matter: Breaking glass in infinite dimensions
Earlier calculations failed to find a 'fixed point' in three dimensions, or a spot where all the lines overlap (left). By taking these calculations...
Game changing strategy for pain relief developed
More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and this figure is expected to grow, driven by the increased life expectancy, increasing incidence...
Secret of sperm’s ‘bendy’ tail revealed
The sperm tail is made up of a complex system of filaments, connected by elastic springs
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Scientists at the University of...
Exposure to specific toxins and nutrients during late pregnancy and early life correlate with...
This is a cross-section of tooth showing laser removal of the dentine layer, in tan, for analysis of metal content.
Credit: J. Gregory, Copyright Mount...
Saving Lives and Money: The Potential of Solar to Replace Coal
By transitioning to solar photovoltaics (PV) in the US, up to 51,999 American lives would be saved at $1.1 million invested per life.
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Stony corals more resistant to climate change than thought
Stylophora pistillata is a colorful and well-studied stony coral common in the Indo-Pacific.
Credit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University
Stony corals may be more resilient to ocean acidification...
Neuroscientists rewire brain of one species to have connectivity of another
This image shows Giant Nudibranch, Dendronotus iris.
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Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of...
2017 hurricane season follows year of extremes
This graphic demonstrates the intensity of the 2016 Atlantic storms.
Credit: Daniel Gessman and Chris Mehta, graduate students in the School of Geosciences, University of...