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Algorithm tells robots where nearby humans are headed
A new tool for predicting a person's movement trajectory may help humans and robots work together in close proximity. In...
NASA reveals Tropical Cyclone Vayu’s compact center
Credit: NASA /NRL Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Vayu has a compact central dense overcast cloud...
The ‘AI turn’ for digital health: A futuristic view
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2019-- The unprecedented implications of digital health innovations, being...
UTEP partners with UAlbany to map developing brain circuits underlying conditioned fear
Credit: Dr. Arshad Khan A partnership between researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso and the University at...
The brains of birds synchronize when they sing duets
Vocal control areas in the brain of weaver birds fire in time when they sing togetherCredit: Susanne Hoffmann / MPI...
Overdose, suicide among leading reasons for deaths of new moms
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Overdoses and suicides were among the most common reasons for mothers dying within a year of...
A heart failure drug to treat leukemia: A promising new therapeutic approach
Canadian researchers followed their intuition that a drug initially intended for heart failure could be effective in treating cancer. Those...
Ants maintain essential interactions despite environmental flux
Ants adjust their social interactions to accommodate changes in population densityCredit: Adam B. Lazarus, Public Domain UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. --...
Carnegie Mellon researchers develop semi-liquid metal anode for next-generation batteries
The new anode could help create a safer high energy lithium metal batteryCredit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers from Carnegie Mellon...
Large summer ‘dead zone’ forecast for Chesapeake Bay after wet winter and spring
CAMBRIDGE, MD (JUNE 12, 2019)--Ecologists from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and the University of Michigan are...
First blood-brain barrier chip using stem cells developed by Ben-Gurion University researchers
Credit: Dr. Gad Vatine/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 12 - Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center...
Nuclear pore complex outer rings: No longer ‘one size fits all’
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - In eukaryotic cells, the nucleus is walled off from the rest of the cell...
Hybrid nanostructure steps up light-harvesting efficiency
A stepwise transfer of energy through the different components of the nanostructure boosts its response to light, showing promise for...
Researchers determine ideal areas and timing for biological control of invasive stink bug
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that devastates gardens and crops, would...
Researchers discover potential new therapeutic target for Alzheimer’s disease
An antagonist that blocks specific interaction between the protein apoE and amyloid precursor protein appears promising in a University of...
New web-based tool accelerates research on conditions such as dementia, sports concussion
A new paper describes a web-computing platform led by Indiana University scientists to support and publish reproducible neuroscience researchCredit: Image...
Not silent at all
The so-called "silent" or "synonymous" genetic alterations do not result in altered proteins. But they can nevertheless influence numerous functions...
HIB vaccine linked with better health, cognition, and schooling outcomes in Indian children
Researchers at CDDEP, the University of California, Riverside and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations...
$1.6 million NIH research grant supports study of VR to improve perspective taking in kids
Credit: School of Informatics and Computing Zebulun Wood, lecturer and co-director of the undergraduate Media Arts and Science program, will...
Study shows more effective method for detecting prostate cancer
Combining biopsy strategies allowed doctors to find up to 33% more cancersCredit: UCLA Health Each year, 1 million men in...
