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Biology: Zoology Environmental: General
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How insects track odors by navigating microscale winds - How Insects Navigate Microscale Winds to Track Odors      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Insects use odor plumes -- which travel like smoke and form when the wind blows odor molecules from...

Engineering: Nanotechnology
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Preventing vehicle crashes by learning from insects - Preventing Vehicle Crashes by Learning from Insects      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Despite only about 25% of car travel happening after dark, almost half of fatal accidents occur at n...

Biology: Microbiology Environmental: Ecosystems
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Research unlocks secrets of rodents' rat race to new lands - Research Unlocks Secrets of Rodents' Rat Race to New Lands      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research has mapped the DNA from more than 150 species of native rodents from across Australia,...

Biology: General Biology: Zoology Ecology: Animals Environmental: General
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Monarchs' white spots aid migration - Monarchs' White Spots Aid Migration      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

If you've ever wondered how the monarch butterfly got its spots, University of Georgia researchers m...

Geoscience: Geography
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Can children map read at the age of four? - Can Children Map Read at the Age of Four?      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers have found that children start to develop the basic skills that underlie map reading fro...

Chemistry: Thermodynamics
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Autonomous crawling soft 'ringbots' can navigate narrow gaps - Autonomous Crawling Soft 'Ringbots' Can Navigate Narrow Gaps      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Researchers have created a ring-shaped soft robot capable of crawling across surfaces when exposed t...

Offbeat: General Offbeat: Plants and Animals
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Foraging ants navigate more efficiently when given energy-drink-like doses of caffeine      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Ants who receive a caffeine-laced sugary reward become more efficient at navigating back to the rewa ...

Space: Exploration
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Predicting equatorial plasma bubbles with SWARM - Predicting Equatorial Plasma Bubbles with SWARM      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Changes in atmospheric density after sunset can cause hot pockets of gas called 'plasma bubbles' to...

Engineering: Robotics Research
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Navigating the future of underwater geolocalization: How polarization patterns enable new technology      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Beneath the water's surface lays a hidden world: one that cannot be perceived by the human eye. When...

Offbeat: General
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Sperm adjust their swimming style to adapt to fluctuating fluid conditions      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Sperm can modulate their energetics by regulating their flagellar waveform -- how the sperm oscillat...

Biology: Biochemistry Biology: General Biology: Zoology
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How fruit flies control the brain's 'steering wheel'      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

A newly discovered neural circuit mediates between navigational brain cells, acting as a sort of men ...

Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Computer Science: General
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Vision via sound for the blind      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Smart glasses that use a technique similar to a bat's echolocation could help blind and low-vision p...

Mathematics: Modeling
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Rectifying AI's usage in the quest for thermoelectric materials      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

AI is revolutionizing the way researchers seek to identify new materials, but it still has some shor...

Geoscience: Geography
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Just thinking about a location activates mental maps in the brain      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Researchers found that mental representations known as cognitive maps, located in the hippocampus an...

Chemistry: Biochemistry Computer Science: General Mathematics: General
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A railroad of cells      (via sciencedaily.com)     Original source 

Looking under the microscope, a group of cells slowly moves forward in a line, like a train on the t...