New Zealand teenagers are less fit and weigh more than their parents were at the same age, new University of Otago research reveals.
Spray coated tactile sensor on 3D surface for robotic skin
Scientists have reported a stretchable pressure insensitive strain sensor by using an all solution-based process. The solution-based process is easily scalable to accommodate for large areas and can be coated as a thin-film on 3-dimensional irregularly shaped objects via spray coating.
Siemen’s Self-Driving Street Car Puts Autonomous Tech on Track
The company is developing autonomous street car tech, where vehicles on tracks make the challenge simpler, but still worth solving.
‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ Goes ‘GTA’ and the Rest of the Week in Games
Tiny PlayStations ahoy! Let’s catch up on the week’s gaming news.
Eye infection in contact lens wearers can cause blindness
A new outbreak of a rare but preventable eye infection that can cause blindness, has been identified in contact lens wearers in a new study. The research team found a threefold increase in Acanthamoeba keratitis since 2011 in South-East England.
How to Set Up Your New iPhone
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Overwhelming evidence shows hepatitis C treatment effective for people who inject drugs
Researchers are calling on an end to discriminatory health and illicit drugs policies, based on overwhelming evidence that new hepatitis C therapies are effective at curing the virus in people who inject drugs.
Land-based bird populations are at risk of local extinction
A new report finds that land-based bird populations are becoming confined to nature reserves in some parts of the world — raising the risk of global extinction — due to the loss of suitable habitat.
Octopuses given mood drug ‘ecstasy’ reveal genetic link to evolution of social behaviors in humans
By studying the genome of a kind of octopus not known for its friendliness toward its peers, then testing its behavioral reaction to a popular mood-altering drug called MDMA or ‘ecstasy,’ scientists say they have found preliminary evidence of an evolutionary link between the social behaviors of the sea creature and humans, species separated by 500 million years on the evolutionary tree.
Neutrons produce first direct 3-D maps of water during cell membrane fusion
New 3-D maps of water distribution during cellular membrane fusion are accelerating scientific understanding of cell development, which could lead to new treatments for diseases associated with cell fusion.