A noninvasive method for deep brain stimulation
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Delivering an electrical current to a part of the brain involved in movement control has proven successful in treating many Parkinson's disease...
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Researchers uncover clues about how HIV virus mutates
SEATTLE - June 1, 2017 - A new study published in Cell Host & Microbe led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center completely...
NASA sees Tropical Depression 2E moving over Mexican state of Oaxaca
Credit: Credits: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed Tropical Depression 2E in infrared, visible and microwave light as it began its...
LIGO detects gravitational waves for third time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in...
Third gravitational wave detection offers new insight into black holes
Credit: LSC/OzGrav An international team of researchers has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, in a discovery that provides...
Gravitational waves detected a third time
Credit: Image Credit: Numerical-relativistic Simulation: S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics) and the Simulating eXtreme Spacetime project Scientific Visualization..
Ramin Golestanian awarded the EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture Prize for 2017
The European Physical Journal E - Soft Matter and Biological Physics (EPJE) has awarded Iranian physicist Ramin Golestanian the 2017 EPJE Pierre-Gilles de Gennes Lecture...
NASA to launch first-ever neutron-star mission
Credit: Credits: NASA Multi-Purpose NICER Also to Demonstrate Pulsar-Based Navigation Nearly 50 years after British astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell discovered the existence of rapidly spinning neutro..
Who has better mental health: Public or private college students?
Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for the nation's highest-ranked colleges and...
UNH research finds seacoast roads under new threat from rising sea level
Credit: Rebecca Zeiber/N.H. Sea Grant DURHAM, N.H. - Research out of the University of New Hampshire has found that some roads, as far as two...
‘Expert in a suitcase’ cuts power bills 10 percent in small commercial buildings
Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory RICHLAND, Wash./BERKELEY, Calif. - The knowledge and expertise of a seasoned energy efficiency professional has been packed into a high-tech...
Syracuse Alumnus instrumental in LIGO’s third detection of gravitational waves
An alumnus of the College of Arts and Sciences has been instrumental in the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)'s third detection of gravitational waves, demonstrating...
Social laughter releases endorphins in the brain
Finnish and British researchers have revealed how laughter releases endorphins in the human brain. The more opioid receptors the participants had in their brain, the...
Low cost, scalable water-splitting fuels the future hydrogen economy
Credit: Terrones Group/Penn State The "clean-energy economy" always seems a few steps away but never quite here. Fossil fuels still power transportation, heating and cooling,...
UH-based nanotech business expands nationally
A nanotech company created by a physicist at the University of Houston has signed a deal to expand its national reach. Integricote, which produces sealers...
