{"id":118719,"date":"2024-10-26T21:37:49","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118719"},"modified":"2024-10-26T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T14:37:49","slug":"these-jedi-rats-have-an-invisible-trick-that-can-move-matter-remotely-sciencealert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=118719","title":{"rendered":"These &#8216;Jedi Rats&#8217; Have an Invisible Trick That Can Move Matter Remotely : ScienceAlert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Scientists have long known about the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultrasonic_vocalization\">ultrasonic vocalizations<\/a> (USVs) mice and rats make. Beyond the range of human hearing, the exact purpose of these high-pitched sounds isn&#8217;t certain.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>A new proposal suggests USVs are used to shift particles in the air to enhance the sense of smell in these animals.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Put forward by psychologist Eduardo Mercado III from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University neuroscience student Jessica Zhuo, the hypothesis has yet to be verified in experiments, but fits with behavior observed in rats, which typically sniff the air immediately after emitting an USV.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>To support their idea, the two researchers compiled evidence on rodent behavior, the effects of ultrasound vibrations, and <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.physiology.org\/doi\/full\/10.1152\/physrev.00037.2008\">biological mechanisms<\/a> that generally apply to multiple species.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Ultrasound vibrations can manipulate matter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/acoustic-levitation-sound-waves-used-to-produce-bubbles-ultrasound\">in a variety of different ways<\/a>, the researchers note, so it&#8217;s possible that rodents are creating clusters of molecules around them, making them easier to detect with their noses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_141539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-141539\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/10\/RatSmelling.jpg\" alt=\"diagram of rat sense of smell\" width=\"642\" height=\"387\" class=\"wp-image-141539 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/10\/RatSmelling.jpg 642w, https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2024\/10\/RatSmelling-600x362.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-141539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rodent USVs could alter the behavior of airborne molecules, allowing them to smell them more easily. (Mercado &amp; Zhuo, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In particular, the behavior could serve to concentrate <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pheromone\">pheromones<\/a>; chemicals that communicate social interactions, mating, or territory. A<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.45px;\">s suggested by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0921883113002045\" style=\"letter-spacing: -0.45px;\">earlier research<\/a>, a<span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.025em;\"> burst of ultrasound could clump these biological aerosols together<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.025em;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>Known as agglomeration, the clumping process could potentially deposit higher concentrations of pheromone in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vomeronasal_organ\">vomeronasal organ<\/a> (VNO) of the animals, the researchers suggest.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This phenomenon has never been observed before, or I believe even suspected, in any animal,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2024\/10\/rodents-sense-of-smell-nose.html\">says<\/a> Mercado.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re creating new pathways of information by manipulating their environment and controlling the molecular interactions of particles around them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been suggested previously that USVs are <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosbiology\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pbio.0030386\">mating calls<\/a> or signifiers of <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-981-99-0831-8_10\">emotional states<\/a>. This new proposal doesn&#8217;t rule out those options, rather it suggests ultrasound could also be used as a matter-moving, smell-enhancing tool. Lab tests on rats and mice could help in exploring the possibility further.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so far off the scale of what we know that it&#8217;s like we&#8217;re observing Jedi rats,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2024\/10\/rodents-sense-of-smell-nose.html\">says<\/a> Mercado. &#8220;It almost seems like magic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>If rats and mice really are using USVs to smell better, it could give us a better understanding of their actions during lab tests and real-world observations \u2013 and a better understanding of the many studies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/mouse-study-reveals-unexpected-connection-between-menthol-and-alzheimers\">involving these animals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>This might also lead to fundamental discoveries about how animal senses have evolved to work in tandem, and how breaks in that signaling could affect physical and mental health \u2013 in humans as well as rodents.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that we were oblivious to anything like this being possible means we don&#8217;t have the understanding yet for how nanoparticles might be sonically manipulated for complex uses,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buffalo.edu\/news\/releases\/2024\/10\/rodents-sense-of-smell-nose.html\">says<\/a> Mercado.<\/p>\n<p><!-- START single\/mrec --><br \/>\n<!-- END single\/mrec --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But we might have a pretty big head start if we confirm that nature has already solved the problem for us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The research has been published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0149763424003774\"><em>Neuroscience &amp; Biobehavioral Reviews<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/these-jedi-rats-have-an-invisible-trick-that-can-move-matter-remotely\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have long known about the ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) mice and rats make. 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