Many animals rely on their tails to stay balanced as they move and jump. Humans have no tail, so when we carry heavy loads we can struggle to keep our balance and may suddenly fall. A study shows that a wearable robotic tail can give the body its balance back. Japanese researchers at Keio University's […]
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Every day, scientific journals treat us to another discovery powered by artificial intelligence. Some of these discoveries make sense, but most seem unrealistic. This study, for example, puts the words artificial intelligence, diabetes and mobile phone side by side. It looks like a salad tossed together for the internet's algorithms. Researchers at Klick Labs carried […]
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Scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have stored computer data on DNA molecules so stably that it could last practically for ever. Two years ago, scientists were already able to write information into a DNA molecule and read it back, and writing (making the DNA) and reading took very little time. But that fast method […]
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