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- Electronic plants created
- New vision for multifunctional materials
- Scientists turn tastes on and off by activating and silencing clusters of brain cells
| Posted: 20 Nov 2015 03:26 PM PST Researchers have created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living plants. The scientists have used the vascular system of living roses to build key components of electronic circuits. |
| New vision for multifunctional materials Posted: 19 Nov 2015 01:05 PM PST Taking a cue from nature, scientists have deciphered how the biomineral making up the body armor of a chiton mollusk has evolved to create functional eyes embedded in the animal's protective shell. The findings could help determine so far still elusive rules for generating human-made multifunctional materials. |
| Scientists turn tastes on and off by activating and silencing clusters of brain cells Posted: 18 Nov 2015 12:51 PM PST Most people probably think that we perceive the five basic tastes -- sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory)--with our tongue, which then sends signals to our brain 'telling' us what we've tasted. However, scientists have turned this idea on its head, demonstrating in mice the ability to change the way something tastes by manipulating groups of cells in the brain. |
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