Tech
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Winged robots may shed light on fly aerobatics
After years of trying, researchers create flapping machines that can hover and perform rudimentary flight maneuvers.
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Recreating the eye of the fly
Inspired by insect vision, camera with 180 linked lenses captures panoramic views.
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Obama worried about research funding
Barack Obama offered yet another argument about why the current federal-budget stalemate is so risky: “[T]he sequester, as it’s known in Washington-speak — it’s hitting our scientific research.” As things now stand, “we could lose a year, two years of scientific research as a practical matter, because of misguided priorities here in this town.”
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Biological transistor built for living computers
DNA-based switches could be used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
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Custom-designed legs help robots speed over sand
Six-legged machine runs across grainy surfaces.
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Cell phone data analysis dials in crime networks
A new program mines mobile provider records for suspicious patterns.
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Plastic implant replaces three-quarters of man’s skull
The polymer cranium was made using a 3-D printer.
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Facebook ‘likes’ can reveal users’ politics, sexual orientation, IQ
With data from thousands of volunteers, researchers connect social media activity to personal traits.
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Rats do tasks while connected brain-to-brain
Signals transmitted from one animal to another seem to share information, but usefulness of findings questioned.
