Earable computing: A new research area in the making
Credit: Romit Roy Choudhury, The Grainger College of Engineering CSL's Systems and Networking Research Group (SyNRG) is defining a new sub-area of mobile technology that...
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Proteins enable crop-infecting fungi to ‘smell’ food
Humans use same proteins to smell, taste, and seeCredit: Vincent Wu/JGI New research shows the same proteins that enable human senses such as smell also...
Researchers use origami to solve space travel challenge
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- WSU researchers have used the ancient Japanese art of paper folding to possibly solve a key challenge for outer space...
Structural racism severely impacts the health of foreign-born Blacks and Latinx
New study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine highlights the magnitude of the disparities in health of racial/ethnic minorities and immigrants in the United...
Purdue researchers uncover blind spots at the intersection of AI and neuroscience
Findings debunk dozens of prominent published papers claiming to read minds with EEGCredit: Chris Adam/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Is it possible to read...
What makes human intelligence exceptional? The answer may be hidden inside this game
Scientists launch hexxed - a free mobile game designed to map human intelligence across the globeCredit: Marta Correia. The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Portugal....
Recovery of an endangered Caribbean coral from parrotfish predation
Coral tissue loss was driven by a few exceptionally large predation scars, but 87% of scars were small and likely to fully healCredit: Hannah Rempel...
Researchers assess regenerative patch for spina bifida defect
Credit: Ramesha Papanna, MD, MPH Researchers are investigating whether a human umbilical cord patch placed on the spina bifida defect could improve healing after minimally...
Dallas Heart Study yields new insights about depression
UT Southwestern researchers find links between inflammation, menopause, and depressive disorderCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 14, 2020 - Recently published UT Southwestern...
Emerging from the fog: Little understood post-stroke cognitive issues are verified
Credit: Marsh et al. After Julia had a minor stroke, she was thankful for receiving rapid treatment and recovering well. But she did notice an...
A human gene placed in fruit flies reveals details about a human developmental disorder
Meier-Gorlin syndrome is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalitiesCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala....
Nanoengineered cement shows promise for sealing leaky gas wells
Credit: Pa Department of Environmental Protection Leaking natural gas wells are considered a potential source of methane emissions, and a new nanomaterial cement mixture could...
Marine pollution: How do plastic additives dilute in water and how risky are they?
Scientists provide improved method to estimate public exposure to hazardous micropollutants from plastic wasteCredit: Seung-Kyu Kim from Incheon National University Plastic pollution has been at...
West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
Study finds abundance of infected mosquitos varies with neighborhood incomeCredit: Photo by Edwin Remsberg In Baltimore, Maryland, people living in low-income urban neighborhoods are more...
Robotic exoskeleton training improves walking in adolescents with acquired brain injury
New Jersey researchers find potential for gait training using robotic exoskeletons in the rehabilitation of adolescents and young adults with hemiparesis caused by acquired brain...
