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Adapting the Mind to Virtuality

Adapting the Mind to Virtuality

In a UW experiment subjects were asked to navigate through mazes on the sole basis of the inputs that their brains delivered to them. This was done by a magnetic coil placed at the back of the skull.

Similar Skull Evolution of Crocodiles and Dolphins

Similar Skull Evolution of Crocodiles and Dolphins

A new research indicates that the skulls of crocodiles and dolphins showed similar evolution.  This evolution helped them to feed on similar prey. This study is done by biologists from Monash Uni

Potential Health Risks of Traveling to Mars

Potential Health Risks of Traveling to Mars

Sending a manned mission to Mars requires more than a powerful launch rocket. Prep work also includes research about how a three-year space flight could affect the human body. With funding from the Na

Horse Riding Can Make You Smarter

Horse Riding Can Make You Smarter

Humans and animals are known to share connections and form bonds. Since ages, we have been domesticating animals. A recent research suggests that horse riding can have previously far-unknown benefits

Avalanche Guidelines released by Wilderness Society

Avalanche Guidelines released by Wilderness Society

US and Europe have been witnessing more than 150 avalanche fatalities. It has been noticed that most deaths occurred are among recreational groups that includes skiers, snowboarders etc. New practice

Genetic Hints for Kidney Disease

Genetic Hints for Kidney Disease

IgA nephropathy (IgAN) which is an autoimmune kidney disease has affected the lives of many people. Researchers came across genes that are linked to molecular defect in people associated with this dis

The Ancient Pueblo were Master Builders

The Ancient Pueblo were Master Builders

New research from Arizona State University has revealed that the ancient Southwestern Pueblo people were brilliant architects. They had no written language or a number system to help them construct a

Museum Visitors can do Virtual Autopsy of a Mummy

Museum Visitors can do Virtual Autopsy of a Mummy

The Gebelein man is the mummy of a man buried more than 5000 years ago at the site of Gebelein in Upper Egypt. The visitors at the British Museum not just witness this mummy but also solve the reason

Supercapacitor Rose

Supercapacitor Rose

Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, Nov 11, 2015. A research group presented results enabling roses to absorb a conducting polymer solution. With an electrode at each end and

Is There Life on Mars?

Is There Life on Mars?

Researchers at the University of Arkansas got a step closer in finding out the answer to this question. Recent studies have shown that life on Mars might be a possibility, but in the form of ancient,

Invention of Sticky Gels Supports Artificial Pollination

Invention of Sticky Gels Supports Artificial Pollination

In a time to cope with the declining population of Honey bees, researchers in Japan have developed a technique. They artificially pollinate lilies with the help of insect sized drones coated with ioni

Effects of Water Temperature on Carbon Emissions

Effects of Water Temperature on Carbon Emissions

A recent study has found that global climate changes affect the carbon emissions from organic matter breakdown in streams and rivers. But the emission rate is not as adversely affected by temperature

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