Artificial skin can't dodge the human touchOctober 9th, 2009 LONDON - Artificial skin covering prosthetics and humanoid robots might resemble real skin to the 'T', but when touched the difference is apparent. John-John Cabibihan at the National University of Singapore and colleagues from Italy, Norway and France, have found that fake skin responds very differently to being touched.
Robot that mimics humans from the inside outSeptember 17th, 2009 LONDON - Boffins have developed an amazing skeleton robot that moves just like humans. The creation is known as an "anthropomimetic robot".
Scientists develop robotic hand that 'restores sense of touch'September 10th, 2009 LONDON - The first robotic hand to give amputees a sense of touch has been created by Swedish scientists. When pressed against an object the 40 sensors in the Smarthand get activated.
"Artificial trees" can soak up world's carbon emissionsAugust 27th, 2009 LONDON - Engineers have said that a forest of 100,000 "artificial trees" could be deployed within 10 to 20 years to help soak up the world's carbon emissions. According to a report by BBC News, the trees are among three geo-engineering ideas highlighted as practical in a new report by researchers form the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Robots designed using human anatomy may soon move like we doAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - A group of researchers from five European countries are designing a robot using human anatomy as a blueprint. The Eccerobot project has been designed to duplicate the way human bones, muscles and tendons work and are linked together.
'Artificial leaf' that may help generate clean power on the anvilAugust 12th, 2009 LONDON - Researchers at Imperial College London are trying to imitate the process of photosynthesis by making an 'artificial leaf' to produce clean power. Photosynthesis, the process where plants use sunlight to convert water and carbon dioxide into sugar, is the most effective solar energy conversion process on Earth.
Eat Indian curry to lose weightMay 20th, 2009 LONDON - Eating lots of curry may help you lose weight, research suggests. Scientists believe that haldi, or turmeric, which is used in most Indian meals, has an active ingredient that can help fight obesity.
Artificial ovary 'turns immature human egg into mature one'May 8th, 2009 LONDON - An artificial ovary grown in lab by researchers at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island, has been able to turn an immature egg into one that is ready to be fertilised. Lead researchers Sandra Carson and Stephan Krotz had created the artificial ovary using slivers of ovarian tissue.
Scientists power artificial cells with non-stop mobilityMay 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists are developing artificial cells with the ability to tap an energy source and use it for sustained mobility. A Japanese study described the first 'self-propelled' oil droplets (used as a model for research on artificial cells) that can run on a chemical 'fuel'.
Urologists develop painless way to treat prostate problemsApril 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The painful insertion of a rigid instrument through the penis to scrape unwanted tissues lining the walnut-sized prostate gland, may soon be a thing of the past, thanks to a gentler method developed by scientists. Urologist William Roberts and a team at the University of Michigan led by Ann Arbor are fine-tuning a technique to remove unwanted prostate tissue using focused pulses of ultrasound.
ow mice sniff out sicknessApril 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Swedish researchers claim to have solved the mystery of how some animals can sniff out sickness. Ivan Rodriguez at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues have found a type of smell receptor in mice that appears to respond to disease-related molecules produced by bacteria, viruses, or as the result of inflammation, reports New Scientist.
Belly fat increases risk of migrainesFebruary 14th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - People aged 20 to 55 who have large waistlines are more likely to have migraines, according to a new study. The conclusion was based on a study of 22,211 people by researchers at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) said in a press release here Saturday.
New technique to read people's mindsFebruary 9th, 2009 TORONTO - Canadian researchers have developed a new infra-red scanning technique to read people's thoughts. University of Toronto researchers, who have developed this optical brain imaging technique in collaboration with Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital here, say it will help decode thoughts of people with speech disability.
Tissue engineering will speed up oral wound healingFebruary 2nd, 2009 LONDON - A gum tissue or gingival substitute, developed by a Dutch research team, helps accelerate wound healing in oral cavity or mouth. 'Our results represent a large step forward in the area of clinical applications in oral tissue engineering, which until now have lagged behind skin tissue engineering,' said study author Susan Gibbs of the VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam.
Researchers grow new spine discs for bad backsJanuary 19th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers are growing new spine discs for those who suffer from severe degenerative disc disease. Neurosurgeons can now remove the affected intervertebral discs (IVDs) after which they fuse the vertebrate bones to stabilise the spine.
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