Tech
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Biological transistor built for living computers
DNA-based switches could be used in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
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Custom-designed legs help robots speed over sand
Six-legged machine runs across grainy surfaces.
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Cell phone data analysis dials in crime networks
A new program mines mobile provider records for suspicious patterns.
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Plastic implant replaces three-quarters of man’s skull
The polymer cranium was made using a 3-D printer.
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Facebook ‘likes’ can reveal users’ politics, sexual orientation, IQ
With data from thousands of volunteers, researchers connect social media activity to personal traits.
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Rats do tasks while connected brain-to-brain
Signals transmitted from one animal to another seem to share information, but usefulness of findings questioned.
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The 3-D Printing Revolution
Using a technique known as 3-D printing, regular people can now make goods typically produced in huge quantities in factories overseas.
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Imaging technique offers look inside hearing loss
Two-photon microscopy visualizes hair cells in the inner ear, offering insights into processes leading to deafness.
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DNA stores poems, a photo and a speech
The molecule swaps its biological role for a computational one, that of long-term data storage.
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Trick of light makes microwave imaging simple
Metamaterials and math combine to produce a quick, cheap system.
