National lab, municipal power utility test energy storage for small hydropower generation
Credit: INL photo by Chris Morgan Idaho National Laboratory has turned to its own backyard to test how small hydropower plants can serve as reliable...
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Moms–It’s OK to ask for help. Here’s how.
Proven psychological strategies for moms.Credit: Paul Gordon New York, NY--Every mom is a Wonder Woman, no doubt about it. But too often--in pandemic times and...
AGS honors Dr. Megan Huisingh-Scheetz with Arti Hurria Memorial Award
Credit: Megan Huisingh-Scheetz New York (April 26, 2021)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today conferred one of their newest...
Results of study could be biggest rehab advance in decades for patients after stroke
Patients who incorporated vagus nerve simulation during physical or occupational therapy showed 2-3 times the improvement in arm and hand functionCredit: John Shaw Results of...
What spurs people to save the planet? Stories or facts?
Johns Hopkins study finds it depends on whether you're Republican or DemocratCredit: Johns Hopkins University With climate change looming, what must people hear to convince...
Hydrocracking our way to recycling plastic waste
UD researchers report possible solutions for hard-to-recycle plasticsCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Millions of tons of plastic end up in landfills every year. It's a...
New study shows microbes trap massive amounts of carbon
Credit: Photo by Tom Owens. Violent continental collisions and volcanic eruptions are not things normally associated with comfortable conditions for life. However, a new study,...
2Exciting: Innovative training network for early career researcher education in 2D research
Credit: 2Exciting The trainees will study the fundamental physics of the light-matter interaction in two-dimensional semiconductor materials to develop innovative optoelectronic devices for telecommunications and...
Scrubbing paleontological data
The winning entry of the Open Research Challenge (ORC) offers a solution for cleaning paleontological dataCredit: Picture: Joe Flannery Sutherland The Open Research Challenge 2020,...
Mental health promotes children’s physical activity during lockdown
Study shows interrelation of psychic well-being, physical activity, and screen time for children and adolescentsCredit: Lydia Albrecht, KIT According to the Motorik-Modul-Längsschnittstudie (MoMo, Motor Module...
New testing strategy can speed up COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers
In The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics investigators share a new methodology for testing pooled samples that maximizes the proportion of samples resolved after a single...
Which Parkinson’s symptoms do patients most want to see improved by treatment?
A survey by Parkinson's UK identifies which aspects of the condition matter most to patients. These findings have implications for improving quality of life and...
Brain changes following traumatic brain injury share similarities with Alzheimer’s disease
Using MRIs and machine learning, researchers mapped comparable degenerative changes in gray and white matter of the brainCredit: Kenneth Rostowsky, USC Brain changes in people...
Blood transfusions in cats: A precious resource requiring a considered approach
Credit: Image: Samantha Taylor, BVetMed(Hons), CertSAM, DipECVIM-CA, MANZCVS, FRCVS Blood transfusions are a common procedure in medical practice in which donated blood is used to...
Sounds familiar: A speaker identity-controllable framework for machine speech translation
Researchers propose a deep learning-based model for mimicking and continuously modifying speaker voice identity during speech translationCredit: Masato Akagi Ishikawa, Japan - Robots today have...
