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NJIT graduate student wins IBM fellowship to develop brain-inspired computing systems
S. R. Nandakumar, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work...
Emerging companies aim to treat conditions that medication cannot relieve
EDINBURGH, Scotland - Autism, paralysis, and persistent, medication-resistant pain are among the challenges that emerging companies and organizations hope to...
Grant to model human memory and learning for machines
Much of what scientists know about human memory comes from studies involving relatively simple acts of recollection--remembering lists of words...
Sidney Kimmel Foundation concludes cancer research grant program with final recipients
PHILADELPHIA, PA--(April 19, 2017)--After two decades and just under 300 award winners, The Sidney Kimmel Foundation has selected the final...
Mouse teeth providing new insights into tissue regeneration
Credit: Klein Lab / UCSF Researchers hope to one day use stem cells to heal burns, patch damaged heart tissue,...
VUMC to study potential approach to reverse precancerous stomach lesions
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) cancer researcher James Goldenring, M.D., Ph.D., has received a two-year, $200,000 grant from the DeGregorio...
Treatment improved overall survival in elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer
DENVER - Elderly patients with early-stage esophageal cancer that received treatment had an increased 5-year overall survival when compared to...
Allina Health shares LifeCourse model at the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
MINNEAPOLIS - (April 27, 2017) - A small portion of Medicare beneficiaries account for half of Medicare spending, and forty...
NASA sees vertical wind shear affecting Tropical Storm Muifa
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce Vertical wind shear can weaken a tropical cyclone and that's what's happening to the now...
Crime and virtual punishment
Credit: University of Utah When it comes to crime and punishment, how judges dish out prison sentences is anything but...
NRL breakthrough enables safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries
Credit: U.S. Navy / Matthew Poynor WASHINGTON -- Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Chemistry Division have developed...
Neurons’ faulty wiring leads to serotonin imbalance, depression-like behavior in mice
Credit: Tom Maniatis/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Columbia scientists have identified a gene that allows neurons that release serotonin...
Ocean acidification could impair the nitrogen-fixing ability of marine bacteria
While increased carbon dioxide levels theoretically boost the productivity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the world's oceans, because of its "fertilizing"...
Ripples in the cosmic web
(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- The most barren regions known are the far-flung corners of intergalactic space. In these vast expanses...
For first time, researchers measure forces that align crystals and help them snap together
Credit: Xin Zhang/PNNL RICHLAND, Wash. -- Like two magnets being pulled toward each other, tiny crystals twist, align and slam...
Pregnancy does not increase expectant mothers’ melanoma risk
CHICAGO (April 27, 2017): Expectant mothers need not be concerned that they are more prone to develop melanoma, or will...
NASA sees formation of Tropical Storm Frances near Darwin
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team Tropical Storm Frances has formed in the Beagle Gulf, east of the...
Can early experiences with computers, robots increase STEM interest among young girls?
Loading video... Credit: UW Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences Girls start believing they aren't good at math, science and...
Survey: Another good year for Chesapeake Bay’s underwater grasses
Credit: © D. Malmquist/VIMS. An annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows...
Two UTA students earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program funding
Credit: UTA Two University of Texas at Arlington College of Science students have been named recipients of National Science Foundation...
