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Study Shows Dogs Can Navigate Using Earth’s Magnetic Fields
As the dogs navigate, they appear to be using Earth’s magnetic fields. 170 dogs head north and south while tracing shortcuts back to their people. Dogs join the growing number of magnetically sensitive animals. It has been known for some time that some animals (migratory birds, mole rats, and locusts …
Read More »A mechanical way to stimulate neurons.
In addition to responding to electrical and chemical stimuli, many of the body’s neural cells can also respond to mechanical effects, such as pressure or vibration. But these responses have been more difficult for researchers to study because there has been no easily controllable method of inducing such mechanical stimulation …
Read More »For the first time, human cartilage has been designed in space
If we’re going to take long-term space travel seriously, it will be essential to be able to repair injuries, and that is no longer a distant concept. A cosmonaut aboard the International Space Station has just designed human cartilage in microgravity from space for the first time. Bioprinters that can …
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