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Researchers Create Robot Driven by
Moth's Brain
PhysOrg.com Nov. 19, 2007
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University of Arizona researchers
have developed a robot that moves by
using the brain impulses of a moth.
The robot's motion is guided by a
tiny electrode implanted in the
moth's brain, Higgins said,
specifically to a single neuron that
is responsible for keeping the
moth's vision steady during flight.
The neuron transmits electrical...
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A Wiring Diagram of the Brain
Technology Review Nov. 19, 2007
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New technologies that allow
scientists to trace the fine wiring
of the brain more accurately than
ever before could soon generate a
complete wiring diagram--including
every tiny fiber and miniscule
connection--of a piece of brain.
Scientists are developing new ways
to study the tangled web of neurons
in the brain. (Kevin Briggman,
Moritz...
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The Future of Internet Immune
Systems
internet evolution Nov. 19, 2007
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Spam filters and other intrusion
detection systems and tripwires are
evolving into an immune system for
the Internet. We need an Internet
immune system. There are plenty of
bad guys out there, and technology
gives them force-multipliers (like
the hackers who run 250,000-PC
botnets), says Cory Doctorow. Still,
there's a terrible asymmetry...
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Study: Internet could run out of
capacity in two years
Macworld Nov. 19, 2007
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A flood of new video and other Web
content could overwhelm the Internet
by 2010 unless backbone providers
invest up to US$137 billion in new
capacity, more than double what
service providers plan to invest,
according to a study by Nemertes
Research Group. Internet users will
create 161 exabytes (quintillion
bytes) of new data this year, they...
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New Nanoparticle Technique Captures
Chemical Reactions In Single Living
Cell With Amazing Clarity
ScienceDaily Nov. 19, 2007
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Bioengineers at the University of
California, Berkeley, have
discovered a technique that for the
first time noninvasivily enables the
detection of biomolecules' dynamic
reactions in a single living cell.
UC Berkeley researchers coupled gold
nanoparticles with biomolecules to
detect chemical signals within a
single living cell at unprecedented...
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Ancient Retroviruses Spurred
Evolution Of Gene Regulatory
Networks In Humans And Other
Primates
Science Daily Nov. 15, 2007
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By analyzing and comparing genetic
data from different species, a
research team led by University of
California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
scientists estimated that certain
endogenous retroviruses (ERVs)
entered the genome about 40 million
years ago, and spread rapidly in
primates about 25 million years ago.
The study offers an explanation for
how...
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Computer programs can help make
sense of life
NewScientist.com news service Nov. 17, 2007
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Researchers from Microsoft Research
Federal Polytechnic School of
Lausanne, Switzerland suggest using
models of complex living systems
structured like computer programs,
where many "subroutines" run in
parallel and produce outputs that
depend on each other. By
representing proteins, say, as
subroutines, it is possible to work
out how the...
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'Micro' livers could aid drug
screening
PhysOrg.com Nov. 18, 2007
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MIT researchers have devised a
novel way to create tiny colonies of
living human liver cells that model
the full-sized organ. The work could
allow better screening of new drugs
that are potentially harmful to the
liver and reduce the costs
associated with their development.
To build these model livers, they
used micropatterning technology--the...
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