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Team Designs Toenail-Sized Robot Stingray from Rat Heart Cells

July 8, 2016 Posted by Gabrielle Stewart

Stingray in aquarium

Harvard University physicists have unveiled this week a toenail-sized robot stingray that can swim through water with help from solar propulsion. The ray was bioengineered from rat heart cells and could help medical researchers develop better artificial organs. Just like its natural counterpart the robot ray can flap its fins to move through water, but the fins are put in motion by light pulses … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: artificial heart, bioengineering, Harvard University, robot stingray, stingray

Electric Scalp, Brain Stimulation Can Trigger Lucid Dreams – Study

May 12, 2014 Posted by Contributor

A potential way of inducing lucid dreaming in sleepers has been unraveled by the scientists. According to a study it can be done by applying mild electrical currents to their scalps. Lucid dreaming is the process in which a sleeper recognizes they are dreaming i.e. they may even be able to control their dream's plot and manipulate their behavior. "The key finding is that you can, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Brain, Brain Stimulation, Dreams, electric, Electric Scalp Simulation, Electric Scalp Stimulation, Harvard University, lucid dreams, Nature Neuroscience, Psychiatry, scalp simulation

Scientists blame neonicotinoids insecticides for mysterious disappearance of honeybees

May 10, 2014 Posted by Contributor

All of us must have witnessed the mysterious vanishing of honeybees from their hives. The scientists from the Harvard University have found the reason behind the serious issue. The researchers have blamed the increased usage of insecticides for the issue. The use of two neonicotinoids led to the death of half the colonies of bees, researchers showed. However, those bees who were in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tech & Science Tagged With: Harvard University, honeybee hives, honeybees, insecticide use, neonicotinoid use, Neonicotinoids

University of Chicago among Six Centers Sharing $540 Million for Cancer Study

January 6, 2014 Posted by Staff

CHICAGO — The cancer researchers at the University of Chicago are presented with $90 million as a work aid. The donation was announced at the Ludwig Center on Monday. It's part of a $540 million contribution from Ludwig Cancer Research to six institutions. Monday's gift append to the foundation established in 2006 to create the Ludwig Centers at each institution, bringing Ludwig's total funding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Cancer, Harvard University, Johns hopkin university, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, metasis, Stanford University, university of chicago

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