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Neuron works as a human GPS
An international research team led by the University of Amsterdam researchers Jeroen Bos, Martin Vinck and Cyriel Pennartz has identified a new type of neuron which might play a vital role in humans' ability to navigate their environments. The discovery is an important step towards understanding how the brain codes navigation behaviour at larger scales and could potentially open up new treatment strategies for people with impaired topographi...
Registration now open for International Robotics Showcase
The registration for the pinnacle event of UK Robotics Week 2017, the International Robotics Showcase is now open. Jointly organised by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), the International Robotics Showcase will take place at IET Savoy Place in London from 9.00am–6.30pm.
Analysing a molecular toxin transporter
Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins that have entered their cells: molecular pumps located in the cell membrane recognise harmful substances in the cell interior and transport them outside. Researchers from ETH Zurich and the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have now defined the three-dimensional structure of such a transport protein in humans (the protein ABCG2) at the atomic level. This is the first ti...
Neurons can learn temporal patterns
Individual neurons can learn not only single responses to a particular signal, but also a series of reactions at precisely timed intervals. This is what emerges from a study at Lund University in Sweden.
Designing an underwater drone is surprisingly hard
As there has been a recent growth in autonomous flying drones, driven by advances in technology and economies of scale, thoughts turn to underwater drones becoming as cheap and ubiquitous as their airborne counterparts. Guest blog by Mirko Bernacchi, Mouser Electronics.
Study highlights critical security deficiencies in medical devices
Synopsys has released the results of the study 'Medical Device Security: An Industry Under Attack and Unprepared to Defend', which found that 67% of medical device manufacturers and 56% of DHOs (Healthcare Delivery Organisations) believe an attack on a medical device built or in use by their organisations is likely to occur over the next 12 months.
Juno Mission reveals a whole new Jupiter
Early science results from NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter portray the largest planet in our solar system as a complex, gigantic, turbulent world, with Earth-sized polar cyclones, plunging storm systems that travel deep into the heart of the gas giant, and a mammoth, lumpy magnetic field that may indicate it was generated closer to the planet’s surface than previously thought.
Magnetrons designed for radiotherapy linear accelerator use
While the defence sector has historically been and remains MPE’s largest market, the same high levels of quality, performance and reliability demanded by this sector are also required by the medical and scientific markets. Accordingly MPE has been supplying its high-performance feedthrough products to e2v Technologies since 1999, some 18 years ago. Via its Medical Division based in Chelmsford, Essex, e2v have long supplied products int...
Do Android farmers dream of electric sheep?
Like so many innovations, IBEX2 is driven by passion; passion in the team behind it that believes they can solve a huge perennial problem for livestock farmers - at a fraction of the cost of alternative methods. That team is made up of three individuals with a complementary set of skills; Dr Charles Fox, Pete Williams and Ed Gummow.
One for all: water resistance in the mobile industry
A handful of high-end devices with the latest innovative features a constant point of discussion and speculation normally dominate the media coverage of the smartphone market. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is just the latest in a line of flagship smartphones sporting industry leading features, but these will take a few generations to down to the mid-to-lower end devices that make up the vast majority of the market.