Quick thinking? It’s all down to timing
New insights into neuronal behavior in the brain may pave way to identifying learning disabilities Remember hearing people being called slow learners by teachers and...
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New app can secure all your saved emails
Credit: John S. Koh/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--March 26, 2019--While an empty email inbox is something many people strive for, most of us are not...
First explanation for mechanism behind magnetism-driven NTE derived in 40 years
A step closer to developing more durable and less heat-sensitive machine partsCredit: Waseda University If you have tried dismantling your own computer, cell phone or...
Immune-repelling protein prolongs function, survival of human stem-cell-derived beta cells
Approach developed by Mass. General team may get around problems impeding the use of islet-cell transplants Encapsulating human stem-cell-derived beta cells in microcapsules made with...
Dartmouth’s Xia Zhou Wins 2019 ACM SIGMOBILE RockStar Award
Credit: Dartmouth College/Eli Burakian HANOVER, N.H. -- March 26, 2019 -- Xia Zhou, an associate professor of computer science at Dartmouth College, has been awarded...
New ‘pulsing’ ultrasound technique improves drug delivery to brains of mice
Scientists currently use long-wave pulses of ultrasound to deliver drugs, which can cause side effects. These new findings from Imperial on shorter-wave pulses could have...
Seeds inherit memories from their mother
UNIGE researchers demonstrate that maternal and environmental control of seed dormancy is carried out through novel epigenetic mechanismsCredit: © UNIGE / Sylvain Loubéry Seeds remain...
Peking University makes progress in Materials Genome project by modifying the size of atoms
Credit: ©Science China Press Since the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) was proposed by the United States, Chinese government has launched the Materials Genome project in...
New structural phase transition may broaden the applicability of photo-responsive solids
Scientists discover possibility of remotely controlling next-generation actuators by lightCredit: Waseda University A team of scientists from Waseda University in Tokyo and Rigaku Corporation discovered...
Nation’s first clinical trial for rehabilitating infant stroke victims to begin
Researchers to lead stroke study in children under 2Credit: Virginia Tech Strokes are devastating events often associated with people over 65. But large numbers of...
More children could mean higher risk of heart disease
University of Hawaii researchers look at data from nearly 25,000 participants in a national health survey Parents who have five or more children may face...
Contraceptive jewelry could offer a new family planning approach
Credit: Mark Prausnitz, Georgia Tech Family planning for women might one day be as simple as putting on an earring. A report published recently in...
How the brain ‘mentalizes’ cooperation
Credit: Abe M. O. et al., Neural correlates of online cooperation during joint force production, NeuroImage, February 7, 2019.) Researchers identify a part of the...
Artificial intelligence identifies key patterns from video footage of infant movements
Credit: S Vanhatalo / University of Helsinki Subtle characteristics in the spontaneous movement of very young babies may reveal clinically important aspects of their neurodevelopment....
Artificial womb technology breaks its 4 minute mile
Credit: Women & Infants Research Foundation A major advancement in pioneering technology based around the use of an artificial womb to save extremely premature babies...
