The unpopular truth about biases toward people with disabilities
Biases toward people with disabilities increase with age and over timeCredit: Robert Ruggiero via Upsplash Needing to ride in a wheelchair can put the brakes...
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Scientists discover group of genes connected to longer life in fruit flies
E(z) longer life: New insights on genes linked to longer life and higher fertilityCredit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, July 18 - Alexey Moskalev, Ph.D., Head of...
Free dataset archive helps researchers quickly find a needle in a haystack
UCR STAR visualizes public spatio-temporal datasets through an interactive map Let's say you're doing research that requires millions of geotagged tweets. Or perhaps you're a...
Women report skipping scientific conferences because of child care
A survey of early career oncologists suggests onsite child care could open scientific meetings to more women attendeesCredit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center ANN...
AI radar system that can spot miniature drones 3 kilometers away
DGIST developed an AI radar system that can spot miniature drones 3 kilometers awayCredit: ?DGIST DGIST announced on Tuesday, July 16 that Senior Researcher Dae-gun...
NASA’s Webb Telescope shines with American ingenuity
Credit: Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center To send humans to the Moon 50 years ago, an entire nation rose to the challenge. Surmounting countless...
Survival of the zebrafish: Mate, or flee?
Study reveals zebrafish make an unexpected decision when faced with conflicting opportunities When making decisions that are important to the species' survival, zebrafish choose mating...
Link found between gut bacteria, successful joint replacement
ITHACA, N.Y. - Having healthy gut flora - the trillions of bacteria housed in our intestines - could lower the risk of infection following knee...
NASA’s Aqua satellite finds Tropical Storm Danas over Ryuku Islands
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA's Aqua satellite found Tropical Storm Danas moving over Japan's Ryuku island chain...
Tornadoes, windstorms pave way for lasting plant invasions
Credit: Melissa Daniels URBANA, Ill. - When tornadoes touch down, we brace for news of property damage, injuries, and loss of life, but the high-speed...
Study finds key metabolic changes in patients with chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity
Comprehensive metabolite profiling may help identify patients at risk for cancer treatment-related heart toxicity BOSTON - More and more patients are being treated successfully for...
Carnegie Mellon research identifies new pathways for sensory learning in the brain
Automated, robotic training device developed by Carnegie Mellon undergraduate student advances neuroscience research We've all heard the saying that individuals learn at their own pace....
CCNY physicists use mathematics to trace neuro transitions
Credit: Journal of Neuoscience Unique in its application of a mathematical model to understand how the brain transitions from consciousness to unconscious behavior, a study...
BU faculty member receives Doris Duke Clinical Scientist Development Award
(Boston)--Michelle Long, MD, MSc, assistant professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) has been awarded a three-year, $495,000 Doris Duke Clinical Scientist...
How big data algorithms shape opinions
New book explores how content recommendation systems confirm our biases by showing us only what they predict we want to seeCredit: Springer Nature Human attention...