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Sense of Touch Is More Finely Tuned than We Thought

Like machines that deliver goods or open doors at the push of a button, mechanosensitive channels respond on contact. Read More ›
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Photo: Discus throw, Louvre Museum / Public domain.

A Crucial Design Difference in Vertebrate Nerves

Consideration of the basic characteristics of nerve impulse propagation suggests that the speed of conduction in mammals is close to the maximum possible. Read More ›
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Thanks, Dr. Oz — Our Favorite Super Bowl Ad, a Beautiful Celebration of Complex Senses

Let’s examine the subject in a little more depth than what a commercial can do in a minute and thirty seconds: Read More ›
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Design at Your Fingertips: Researchers Struggle to Model Sense of Touch

Your hands feel in detail thanks to tens of thousands of sensors, and detailed information encoded by their positions and firing times. Read More ›
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How We Feel: The Sensation of Touch

We're now seeing attempts to mimic the natural phenomenon of touch in medical technology. Read More ›

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