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Yasin Dagdas, group leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), is a newly elected...

Electrode cuff developed at WVU improves testing of medical treatments that use electricity to heal

West Virginia University engineers are taking a major step into “bioelectronic medicine,” a cutting-edge approach that uses electric current as a treatment for pain and disease,...

Hannover Messe: Smart films help to make loudspeakers lighter and more energy-efficient

Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul Motzki at Saarland University are developing intelligent materials that are opening up new avenues in sound reproduction technology: lightweight loudspeakers...

An innovative technology-driven treatment was found to be as effective as psychiatric medications like Cipralex

Good news for people with social anxietyCredit: Tel Aviv University Good news for people with social anxiety A new clinical trial conducted at Tel Aviv...

Jet lag’s harmful health impacts found to be caused by biological clock misalignment

New research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst zeroes in on the root cause of adverse health effects from disruption of the body’s circadian rhythms,...

Artificial intelligence methods may become a new development direction for ocean waves prediction

Can AI be used to predict ocean waves?

The ability to model and predict the size of ocean waves is important for the fishing industry from both logistic and economic perspectives. Essentially, the...

A sensor that might someday enable ‘mind-controlled’ robots

It sounds like something from science fiction: Don a specialized, electronic headband and control a robot using your mind. But now, recent research published in...

Virginia Tech researcher identifies narrow opportunity to address a rare disease linked to autism, schizophrenia

The human brain begins to assemble itself shortly after conception as a growing number of brain cells connect to create circuits across the brain.Credit: Clayton...

Final Human Brain Project Summit closes with a vision for the future of digital brain research

April 1, 2023

The ten-year European Flagship Human Brain Project (HBP) links brain research with computing and technology in a large-scale, interdisciplinary approach. During the HBP Summit, researchers...

After spinal cord injury, kinesthetic sense helps restore movement, model suggests

For nearly 50 years, a jawless fish called the lamprey has interested scientists because of its remarkable ability to recover from spinal cord injuries. A...

Study shows ketamine could be beneficial for treating brain injury in children

A common anesthesia drug could be beneficial in reducing pressure inside the skull of children with traumatic brain injuries (TBI), according to a study published...

Harnessing nature to promote planetary sustainability

As Earth’s population grows, the demands of modern lifestyles place mounting strain on the global environment. Proposed solutions to preserve and promote planetary sustainability can...

The Institut Pasteur and the University of São Paulo sign articles of association to establish the Institut Pasteur in São Paulo

On Friday March 31st, 2023 at a ceremony in Paris, the Institut Pasteur President, Professor Stewart Cole, and the University of São Paulo (USP) Rector,...

researchers who mathematically modeled the phenomenon of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes

Mathematical model provides bolt of understanding for lightning-produced X-rays

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In the early 2000s, scientists observed lightning discharge producing X-rays comprising high energy photons — the same type used for medical...

2021-like North American heat extremes: Increased impact of heat domes due to background warming and soil moisture feedback