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Brain to brain

By Stephen Ornes / March 15, 2013

Scientists connected the brains of two rats using computer chips and computers. One animal later signaled the other rat’s brain. Credit: K. Zhuang, Lab.of M. Nicolelis, Duke Univ.

Rats brains signaled each other through computers

Posted in Brain & Behavior | Tagged artificial limbs, brain, brain activity, Brazil, cognition, computer chips, computers, cyborgs, Duke University, getinvolved, Lee Miller, microchips, Miguel Nicolelis, mind meld, nerve signaling, neuroscience, North Carolina, Northwestern University, rats, signals, topstories

Quake, quake, go away

By Stephen Ornes / March 1, 2013

An earthquake caused widespread damage to San Francisco in 1989. Scientists are designing a new type of seismic shield that may help protect buildings from tremors. Credit: J.K. Nakata/USGS

French engineers report success in the first test of an underground seismic shield

Posted in Technology & Engineering | Tagged cloaking, Duke University, earthquake, electromagnetic radiation, engineering, getinvolved, Grenoble, Imperial College London, Institut Fresnel, Invisibility, John Pendry, light, light waves, Marseille, metamaterials, microwaves, Sébastien Guenneau, seismic waves, shields, topstories

Feeling the invisible

By Sid Perkins / February 18, 2013

A rat with an infrared-detecting sensor wired into its brain soon learned that it could find water at a door marked with an invisible infrared light.
Credit: Thomson et al., Nature Communications (2013)

Sensor wired into a rat’s brain lets it detect light it can’t see

Posted in Animals, Light & Radiation, Tech & Math, Technology & Engineering | Tagged bioengineer, brain, Duke University, electromagnetic radiation, getinvolved, infrared light, Miguel Nicolelis, neuroscientist, plasticity, rat, San Diego, sight, spectrum, Todd Coleman, topstories, touch, University of California

A smarter scan

By Stephen Ornes / February 5, 2013

Tiny patterns cut into this narrow copper strip filter microwaves. This new, simple technology makes it possible to take digital pictures faster, with less computer time required. And it could be used to help make airport scanners smarter, faster and cheaper. Credit: J. Hunt/Duke

Scientists introduce a cheap and smart new device that gathers data in a flash

Posted in Physics | Tagged airports, cloaking, Duke University, electromagnetic radiation, getinvolved, Houston, imaging, Imperial College, John Pendry, Kevin Kelly, materials science, metamaterials, Rice University, scanning, screening, security, technology, topstories

Pathways to research: Young scientists tackle abstract problems

By Alison Pearce Stevens / October 24, 2012

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Students’ independent, theoretical investigations produce real-world results

Posted in Young Scientists | Tagged Clara Fannjiang, coach, computer model, computer modeling, convex, curves, differential geometry, Duke University, Erik D. Demaine and Günter Rote, feature, fluid mechanics, Harvard, Intel Science and Engineering Fair, Intel Science Talent Search, John Pardon, linear algebra, math, mathematical models, mathematics, MATLAB, mentor, Nilesh Tripuraneni, polygon, Robert Bryant, Robert Connely, simulation, surfaces, theoretical projects, topstories, University of Oregon, vapor, Very Large Array, water droplets

The 2012 Nobel Prizes

By Stephen Ornes / October 19, 2012

David Wineland, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colo., adjusts a laser that’s going to be used to study charged atoms, or ions. Wineland was named a winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics. Credit: Geoffrey Wheeler

Annual awards go to research on cells, atoms and light

Posted in Body & Health | Tagged Brian Kobilka, cell receptors, cloning, David Wineland, Dolly, Duke University, Ecole Normale Superieure, getinvolved, Jack Dixon, John Gurdon, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Nobel prize, pluripotent cells, Robert Lefkowitz, Serge Haroche, Shinya Yamanaka, Stem cells

Extra! Extra! Read all about science

By Andrew Bridges / July 25, 2012

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Teachers and experts share their secrets on using the news to enrich science class

Posted in Science Education, Teaching Science | Tagged bedbugs, Bill Klemm, Bloomfield Middle School, Brendan Casey, Brittany Franckowiak, Catherine White, Duke University, East High School, Ellen Wolfinger, Esther Innis, feature, gross out, hurricanes, jigsaw teaching technique, Joan MacQueen Middle School, Loyola University Maryland, middle school, On the Origin of Species, Robert Simmons, science curriculum, Sharon Reuter, Stephen Nowicki, Takoma Park Middle School, Texas A&M University, topstories, Washington Middle School, Wilde Lake High School