‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI
Reparative hydrogel mimics the composition and mechanics of the brainCredit: University of Georgia At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million...
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Houston Methodist, Rice University launch neuroprosthetic collaboration
Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces to focus on restoring brain function after disease, injuryCredit: Courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON - (April 6, 2021)...
Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit
Energy balance includes modulation of dopamine reward signalingCredit: Elsevier, 2021 Philadelphia, April 6, 2021 - Since the discovery of leptin in the 1990s, researchers have...
Assessing the impacts of nodule mining on the deep-sea environment
European Consortium monitors first in situ test of a prototype collector vehicle in the PacificCredit: ROV KIEL6000, GEOMAR. Joint press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre...
New USGS report shows high levels of arsenic and uranium in some wells
Connecticut public health officials urge private well owners to test water qualityCredit: Tiziana Shea, Connecticut Department of Public Health A new U.S. Geological Survey study...
Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to altered information processing in infants
Credit: Photo by Steve Drake CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and consumer products, is known to...
Screening for skin disease on your laptop
New artificial neural network design can differentiate between healthy and diseased skinCredit: University of Houston The founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the...
$10.8 million NIH grant to establish metabolic research center
The project will feature expertise in advanced imaging, bioenergetics and data science and will address diseases such as cancer, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and obesity.Credit: University...
Physics professor wins $1M in funding for quantum information processing research
Kamal receives early career awards from NSF, Air ForceCredit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - UMass Lowell researcher Archana Kamal has won two...
Understanding fruit fly behavior may be next step toward autonomous vehicles
Could the way drosophila use antennae to sense heat help us teach self-driving cars make decisions?Credit: Gallio lab With over 70% of respondents to a...
Spin defects under control
Credit: (Image: Andreas Gottscholl / University of Wuerzburg) Boron nitride is a technologically interesting material because it is very compatible with other two-dimensional crystalline structures....
Aquatic invasive species cause damage worth billions of dollars
First global study on economic costs of aquatic invasive species publishedCredit: Cornelia Jaspers, GEOMAR/DTU Aqua The global movement of goods and people, in its modern...
Houston flooding polluted reefs more than 100 miles offshore
Flower Garden Banks fouled by runoff from 2017's Harvey and 2016's Tax Day floodsCredit: Photo by Carsten Grupstra/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 6, 2021) -...
Low-cost technology reduces the cost and carbon footprint of pressurized irrigation
Credit: University of Cordoba Innovation and advances in technology have facilitated agricultural activity in recent years, as traditional irrigation techniques have been supplanted by pressure-basedones,...
Deep learning networks prefer the human voice — just like us
Columbia engineers demonstrate that AI systems might reach higher performance if programmed with sound files of human language rather than with binary data labelsCredit: Creative...
