New design for longer lasting night-vision cameras
With the amazing ability to survey areas in complete darkness, night-vision cameras have revolutionized the security industry. But the materials and technology embodied in current...
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Over time, nuisance flooding can cost more than extreme, infrequent events
Credit: Jennie Brewton / UCI Irvine, Calif., Feb. 21, 2017 - Global climate change is being felt in many coastal communities of the United States,...
Scientists unlock ability to generate new sensory hair cells
Boston, MA-- Hearing loss affects 360 million people worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Inner ear sensory cells, called hair cells, are responsible for...
New insights into the information processing of motor neurons
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience In a study published in Cell Reports in February 2017, Matt Rowan, Ph.D., a Post-doctoral researcher in the...
Model helps explain why some patients with multiple sclerosis have seizures
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that affects nearly 2.3 million...
Children’s Mercy honored as recipient of the 2017 Microsoft Health Innovation Awards
Credit: Children's Mercy Kansas City KANSAS CITY, MO -- February 21, 2017 -- Children's Mercy Kansas City today announced it has been named a recipient...
Artificial synapse for neural networks
Credit: L.A. Cicero For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human...