Humans have a tactile ‘seventh sense’ from a distance like sandpipers, study finds
Overview of the experimental setup for tactile detection in granular media. (a) Human experiment setup, showing a participant's finger raking ...
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Combining existing sensors with machine learning algorithms improves robots’ intrinsic sense of touch
The intrinsic sense of touch. Sensitive writing or drawing on the structure (A) is automatically interpreted using convolutional neural networks ...
RNA editing plays a critical role in fruit flies’ sense of smell and social interactions
Recoding the Island27 Val is conserved across Drosophila species. Credit: Scientific progress (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi9101 Think of your DNA as ...
Researchers Discover New Way to Control Sense of Touch
Optogenetic activation of PLD inhibits PIEZO2. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51181-4 Rutgers researchers have discovered a new way to ...
Bumblebees’ sense of direction rivals that of humans, study finds
In the study, each bumblebee wore a small tag attached to its back so that researchers could distinguish between individuals ...
Temperature-Sensitive Prosthetic Limb Improves Amputees’ Dexterity and Sense of Human Connection
A sensorimotor hand prosthesis with integrated thermal feedback. Credit: EPFL/Caillet Sensory feedback is important for amputees to explore and interact ...
Locusts’ sense of smell enhanced with custom-made nanoparticles
Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman led a team that harnessed the power of specially designed nanostructures that can absorb light, ...
Pesticides and adjuvants disrupt bees’ sense of smell
Graduate student Wen-Yen Wu performs an electroantenography (EAG) test, a method of measuring how insects respond to different odors by ...
Research suggests they can sense weak electric fields
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Born tail first, small bottlenose dolphins emerge equipped with two thin rows of whiskers along their ...
