To train robots how to work independently but cooperatively, researchers at the University of Cincinnati gave them a relatable task: move a couch. If you’ve ever helped someone move furniture, you know it takes coordination — simultaneously pushing or pulling and reacting based on what your helper is doing. That […]
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Researchers behaving badly | Books, Et Al.
Sam KeanLittle, Brown2021368 pp.Purchase this item now In 1771, an idealistic British naturalist named Henry Smeathman set sail for Africa on a collecting trip. The 29-year-old’s destination was Sierra Leone, famed as a center of the colonial slave trade. Smeathman hoped not only to amass a treasure trove of insect […]
Researchers discover how cells can survive in high salt concentrations
IMAGE: Image of a cell “ruptured ” by a fire-polished micropipette view more Credit: UPF – IRB Barcelona Cells have to constantly adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. A sudden increase in the environmental levels of an osmolyte, such as salt, causes cells to lose water and shrink. In […]