Nature's viny vampire: Discovering what drives #parasitic #Cuscuta campestris
#dodder #CcMCA1 #sensing #ion_channels
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-nature-viny-vampire-parasitic-cuscuta.html
#ICYMI: Last month, I chatted to Dr. Anuradha Ranasinghe from Liverpool Hope University about #robot sensing and perception.
Catch up here 
- https://www.robottalk.org/2025/02/07/episode-108-anuradha-ranasinghe/ or wherever you get your podcasts!
Irgendwie wünsche ich mir manchmal, ich könnte einiges von dem vergessen, was ich durch zuviel sehen erfahren habe. Ich will gern stattdessen mehr spüren und hören.
Discovery of common 'weapon' used by #disease-causing #fungi could help engineer more resilient #food #crops.
#NUDIX_hydrolase #rice #food_security #agriculture #Magnaporthe #phosphate #sensing #signalling
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-discovery-common-weapon-disease-fungi.html
Why don't #pandas eat more meat? #Molecules found in #bamboo may be behind their plant-based diet.
#miRNA #regulation #gene_expression #sensing #dopamine
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-dont-pandas-meat-molecules-bamboo.html
Nominations for our very first Chemical Science Lectureship will close soon, on the 1st of March. If you haven't nominated yet, now is the time!
This year we’re looking for researchers in the field of imaging, biosensing or diagnostics at any independent career stage who have published in the journal in the last five years.
Introduced for the 15th anniversary of the journal, the Chemical Science Lectureship will align with the topic of the Chemical Science Symposium for a given year.
Details about how to nominate are here:
https://rsc.li/chemsci-lectureship25
Nominate before 1st March 2025!
The winner will present their lectureship at the next Chemical Science symposium in November 2025 in a special Lectureship session, with associated travel costs included as part of the prize. They will also be invited to join the Chemical Science Advisory Board.
Researchers must be independent and have published in Chemical Science within the last 5 years. There are no requirements to have received a PhD within a set period for this Lectureship; candidates will be considered for contributions within the past five years.
Very excited to join the instrument inventors iii in The Hague for a month. I’m here working on Plastic Echoes, at the heart of which is research into the development of an instrument that plays the sound of microplastic in water. #maker #Hacking #sonification #sensing #instrumentinventors
https://www.evshift.com/319544/%e3%80%90%e6%8a%80%e8%a1%93-%e6%b4%bb%e5%8b%95%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b%e3%80%91-welgain-%e8%a3%bd%e5%93%81%e7%b4%b9%e4%bb%8b%e6%98%a0%e5%83%8f-toyota/ 【技術/活動紹介】 Welgain | 製品紹介映像 | Toyota #ElectricCars #ElectricVehicles #EV #Healthcare #IMU #medical #MotionCapture #Rehabilitation #SENSING #Sensor #Toyota #ToyotaGlobal #Wearable #Welgain #ウェアラブル #ウェルゲイン #センサー #センシング #トヨタ #ヘルスケア #メディカル #モーションキャプチャー #リハビリテーション #技術活動紹介 #製品紹介映像
What could robots achieve if they could sense the world more like we do? 
In the latest episode, I chatted to Dr. Anuradha Ranasinghe from Liverpool Hope University about #robot sensing and perception.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod
Large differences in #water_seeking ability found in US #corn varieties.
#roots #sensing #signalling #hydropatterning #genomics #ethylene #soil_moisture
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-large-differences-ability-corn-varieties.html
Anuradha Ranasinghe is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics at Liverpool Hope University, researching haptics, miniaturized sensors, and perception.
Listen to our chat here: https://www.robottalk.org/2025/02/07/episode-108-anuradha-ranasinghe/
