When it comes to robots, reliability may matter more than reasoning
Credit: US Army What does it take for a human to trust a robot? That is what Army researchers are uncovering in a new study...
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Tiny, biocompatible laser could function inside living tissues
Nanolaser has potential to treat neurological disorders or sense disease biomarkersCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Researchers have developed a tiny nanolaser that can function...
Mummy study: Heart disease was bigger issue for human ancestors than initially thought
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new imaging study of the mummified arteries of people who lived thousands of years ago revealed that their arteries...
Professor’s eyes are on the prize: A treatment to help others see better
Credit: Courtesy of Mason Engineering When Mason Engineering's Qi Wei sees people with vision troubles, she knows there is more to the problem than meets...
Moral distress and moral strength among clinicians in health care systems
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 23, 2019) - Nurse burnout impacts both nurses and patients, and significantly influences the retention of nurses in the healthcare...
New gene therapy research at Neuroscience 2019
Live-streamed press conference offers breaking researchCredit: Society for Neuroscience Gene therapy shows promise as a way to treat and cure presently incurable neurological diseases, including...
Illinois researchers create first three-photon color-entangled W state
Credit: University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have constructed a quantum-mechanical state in which the colors...
The first in Russia Nature conference: ‘Advances and Applications in Plasma Physics’
The AAPP 2019 conference brought together outstanding researchers in the field of plasma physicsCredit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University "A big day for science...
Engineering the meniscus
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 23, 2019-Damage to the meniscus is common, but there remains an unmet need for improved...
Analyzing the impact of guiding patients through advance care options on POLST form
$3.5 million grant awarded to study effectiveness of POLST form facilitationCredit: Regenstrief Institute A team, led by Regenstrief Institute researcher Alexia Torke, M.D., is exploring...
For World Rhino Day, UMass Amherst and Australia’s Perth Zoo team create 3D rhino model
Scientists, artists, educators, museums, non-profits worldwide use true-to-life modelsCredit: UMass Amherst/Perth Zoo AMHERST, Mass. - The Digital Life team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...
‘Valley states’ in this 2D material could potentially be used for quantum computing
Physicists manipulate energy valleys in tungsten disulfide, with potential applications in quantum computingCredit: Credit: Douglas Levere / University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New research...
Croc-like carnivores terrorised Triassic dinosaurs in southern Africa 210 million years ago
Rauisuchians fed on vegetarian dinosaurs according to Wits studentCredit: Viktor Radermacher, owns copyright "These ancient fossils provide us with evidence of how at least two...
New CRISPR class expands genetic engineering toolbox
The new approach opens up nearly 90 percent of CRISPR-Cas systems for use in human cells, including biomedical research and potential gene and cell therapiesCredit:...
Probes shed new light on Alzheimer’s cause
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 23, 2019) - Rice University researchers have found a way to track the formation of soluble amyloid beta...