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Monkey Brains In U.S. Make Robot Walk In Japan

peytonrb — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:19:35 EST

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have used a monkey's brain activity to control a robot on the other side of the globe. In what researchers tout as a first-of-its-kind experiment, monkeys' thoughts controlled the walking patterns of a robot in Japan.

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Scientists Develop Blackest Material Known to Man [w/PIC]

peytonrb — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:17:49 EST

Researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.

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The Secret Ingredient in Yellowstone's Travertine

peytonrb — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:15:08 EST

Researcher presents first evidence that microbes are key to Hot Springs mineralization.

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