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Fish Story: Animals Adjust Reactions to Misinformation
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Fish Story: Animals Adjust Reactions to Misinformation

A multi-institutional team of scientists found fish can reduce the risk of overreacting to misinformation by adjusting their sensitivity to the actions of others...

Soft Robot to Swim Through Europa's Oceans
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Soft Robot to Swim Through Europa's Oceans

Cornell University researchers have received a nine-month, $100,000 grant to develop a soft, swimming robot that can explore other worlds.

Solid-State Terahertz Devices Could Scan for Cancer
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Solid-State Terahertz Devices Could Scan for Cancer

Cornell University researchers have developed a method of generating terahertz signals on an inexpensive silicon chip. The method uses mainstream CMOS technology...

Researchers Demonstrate New Way to Control Nonvolatile Magnetic Memory Devices
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Researchers Demonstrate New Way to Control Nonvolatile Magnetic Memory Devices

The spin Hall effect is useful for memory applications because it can switch magnetic poles back and forth, according to researchers at Cornell University.  

Ho-Hum to High Performance: Boring Material Could Lead to Electronics Revolution
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Ho-Hum to High Performance: Boring Material Could Lead to Electronics Revolution

Cornell University researchers have found that when the oxide compound europium titanate is sliced nanometers thin and stretched on a specially designed template...

Researchers Simulate Sounds of Water and Other Liquids
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Researchers Simulate Sounds of Water and Other Liquids

Cornell University computer science researchers have developed new algorithms to simulate the sounds of water to correspond with images. Cornell professor Doug...
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