Evidence of humans, not ‘bots,’ key to uncovering disinformation campaigns
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Political disinformation campaigns on social media threaten to sway political outcomes, from U.S. elections to Hong...
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Which came first: Brain size or drinking propensity?
New research challenges traditional idea about relationship between alcohol use and brain sizeCredit: Washington University For years, researchers have observed that alcohol consumption is associated...
EMPOWER for health act highlights rare, important bipartisan priority: Care as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Among several legislative proposals slated for a vote today in the U.S. House of Representatives, one in particular offers...
Mclean’s brain bank receives new contract from NIH
The McLean Hospital Brain Bank is proud to be 1 of 6 brain banks that are part of the NIH NeuroBioBankCredit: McLean Hospital The Harvard...
Salt helps proteins move on down the road
Rice chemists identify hidden aspects of protein-separation process to simplify drug manufactureCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) - With a lot of...
Compact depth sensor inspired by spiders
Metalens sensor could be used for microrobotics, augmented reality, wearable devicesCredit: (Video courtesy of Qi Guo and Zhujun Shi/Harvard University) For all our technological advances,...
NASA finds Arabian sea tropical cyclone Kyarr’s heavy rainfall
Credit: Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL Tropical Cyclone Kyarr is moving through the central Arabian Sea and NASA provided forecasters with an analysis of rainfall rates occurring in...
DESI points 5,000 robotic ‘eyes’ at the sky to explore dark energy
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument begins final testing, setting the stage for a 5-year survey that will analyze the light of 35 million galaxiesCredit: DESI...
Hyperfine introduces world’s first point-of-care MRI system at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly 2019
Credit: Hyperfine Guilford, CT - October 28, 2019 - Hyperfine Research Inc. is introducing the world's first low-cost, point-of-care (POC) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system...
Extinction of cold-water corals on the Namibian shelf due to low oxygen contents
New study now published in the journal GeologyCredit: MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen They were also able to link this...
NASA tracking Eastern Atlantic’s late season Tropical Storm Pablo
Credit: NASA Worldview Pablo is a tropical cyclone that formed late on Oct. 25 and strengthened into a hurricane for a short time before weakening...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Olga merge with a cold front
Credit: NASA Worldview Tropical Depression 17 strengthened briefly into a tropical storm on the same day it formed, Oct. 25. NASA's Terra satellite captured a...
Let there be…a new light
Scientists synthesized light with new intrinsic chirality to tell mirror molecules apartCredit: Steven Roberts Light is the fastest way to distinguish right- and left-handed chiral...
Soft double gyroids are unique, but imperfect, crystals
Rice materials scientists detail unexpected distortions in self-assembling polymersCredit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 28, 2019) - What appears to be an impossibly complicated...
Financial incentives plus information decrease patient preference for diagnostic testing
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Providing financial incentives to forego testing significantly decreases patient...
