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… Cheetah hits 28.3 mph! DARPA’s Cheetah robot—already the fastest legged robot in history—just broke its own land speed record of 18 miles per hour (mph). In the process, Cheetah also surpassed another very fast …
Isti-Cnr e Consorzio Argomarine lanciano un sistema mobile integrato per la segnalazione di sversamenti, che saranno geolocalizzati grazie al Gps. Scaricabile gratuitamente da Google Play, sarà presto disponibile anche per iPhone e iPad. Da oggi …
NHGRI-funded study produces massive data set, novel publishing strategy. The Human Genome Project produced an almost complete order of the 3 billion pairs of chemical letters in the DNA that embodies the human genetic code …
Spinach power gets a major boost. Spinach power has just gotten a big boost. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Vanderbilt University have developed a way to combine the photosynthetic protein that converts light into …
Two very different galaxies feature in this family portrait taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, together forming a peculiar galaxy pair called Arp 116. The image shows the dramatic differences in size, structure and …
Digested coconut oil is able to attack the bacteria that cause tooth decay. It is a natural antibiotic that could be incorporated into commercial dental care products, say scientists at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT). …
Spatio-temporal resolution: Background: Cerebral cortex has a very large number of testosterone receptors, which could be a basis for sex differences in sensory functions. For example, audition has clear sex differences, which are related to …
Pubblicato su Nature Methods studio condotto dalle Università di Firenze e Pavia.Tutti sanno, o possono facilmente rendersi conto, che il movimento dipende dall’accorciamento dei muscoli degli arti e che la velocità alla quale i muscoli si accorciano, …
Una nuova immagine dall’Osservatorio di La Silla dell’ESO in Cile mostra lo spettacolare ammasso globulare Messier 4. Questa sfera di decine di migliaia di stelle antiche è uno degli ammassi globulari più vicini e più …
Different chimp communities display various styles of grooming behaviour. Researchers have found out that chimpanzees are not only capable of learning from one another, but also use this social information to form and maintain local …
A compound found in green tea could be a weapon in treatments for tackling cancer, according to newly-published research at the University of Strathclyde. The extract, known as epigallocatechin gallate, has been known to have preventative …
Per contrastare il fenomeno, particolarmente distruttivo nell’estate 2012, l’Istituto di metodologie per l’analisi ambientale del Cnr ha messo a punto una tecnica innovativa basata su dati satellitari. La sperimentazione in Basilicata ha contribuito a dimezzare …
New finding may help explain the gender difference in happiness. A new study has found a gene that appears to make women happy, but it doesn’t work for men. The finding may help explain why …
Una ricerca di Cnr-Spin in collaborazione con l’università di Napoli ’Federico II’ spiega la capacità di certi polimeri fotosensibili di modificare la loro forma in risposta alla luce. La scoperta apre a potenziali applicazioni nel settore della memorizzazione ottica di …
Direct Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Haploid Spermatogenic Cells.Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) have been shown to differentiate into primordial germ cells (PGCs) but not into spermatogonia, …
Un gruppo di ricerca internazionale che vede protagonisti l’Istituto di geoscienze e georisorsedel Cnr e l’Università di Padova ha scoperto i più antichi artropodi mai inglobati in ambra. Lo studio è stato pubblicato su Pnas. …
Is sleep learning possible? A new Weizmann Institute study appearing today in Nature Neuroscience online has found that if certain odors are presented after tones during sleep, people will start sniffing when they hear the tones alone …
Coming less than a year after the announcement of the first circumbinary planet, Kepler-16b, NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered multiple transiting planets orbiting two suns for the first time. This system, known as a circumbinary …
