Tag: senses
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Reacting. Prioritizing. (Dying)
Being constantly flooded by a mass of stimuli, it is impossible for us to react to all of them. The same holds true for a little fish. Which stimuli should it pay attention to and which not? Scientists have now deciphered the neuronal circuit that zebrafish use to prioritize visual stimuli. Surrounded by predators, a…
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Sensitive touch…
To develop a more human-like robotic gripper, it is necessary to provide sensing capabilities to the fingers. However, conventional sensors compromise the mechanical properties of soft robots. Now, scientists have designed a 3D printable soft robotic finger containing a built-in sensor with adjustable stiffness. Their work represents a big step toward safer and more dexterous…
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Look. Do you hate war?
New research will allow cameras to recognize colors that the human eye and even ordinary cameras are unable to perceive. The technology makes it possible to image gases and substances such as hydrogen, carbon and sodium, each of which has a unique color in the infrared spectrum, as well as biological compounds that are found…
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Back home…
Volatile organic compounds identified that can be used for olfactory navigation by homing pigeons. (1) Open your eyes. Touch the cosmos. Smell the trees. And you will be able to go back home. A home you would have never left in vain. If not for the senses that allowed you to navigate away from it…
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At the stars…
Already, climate change is having an impact on the conditions of space observation at the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert. In future, new telescopes will have to be adapted to the expected changes, a new study. (1) I cannot see stars if it's raining. I cannot see the Sun if it's night. I…
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