Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience
Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates
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JJ Shavit
- Aug 12, 2021
MIT built a search engine to find the future's most important tech innovations
New research using patent data could help inform decision-makers by predicting which technologies are improving the fastest.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 11, 2021
Exotic matter is in our sights
Physicists have created a new way to probe exotic matter in order to form a better understanding of the material universe.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 10, 2021
To do or not to do: Cracking the code of motivation
By manipulating the dopamine receptors of monkeys and studying their behavior, scientists reveal how our brain makes us feel motivated.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 9, 2021
New research shows light therapy helps burn injuries heal faster
Therapy may improve future treatment for burns, which affect more than 6 million people worldwide each year
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 7, 2021
Heart Age Test provides a ‘wake up call’ to prevent heart attack and stroke deaths
A new study shows that people who understand their ‘heart age’ are more likely to make healthy lifestyle changes to prevent heart disease
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 5, 2021
After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control
Researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have eluded scientists for 60 years
JJ Shavit
- Aug 4, 2021
Scientists uncover brain's switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the storing of memories
JJ Shavit
- Aug 2, 2021
Capturing fuel from the sun
Artificial leaves and soap bubbles could unleash a new era of "solar fuels" to address increasing energy demand and climate change.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
Solar-powered microbes to feed the world?
International research team shows that protein from microbes uses a fraction of the resources of conventional farming
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
How does sunscreen work? Can it really prevent wrinkles and cancer?
It’s summer, and before you head to the beach or pool, you might slather on sunscreen. But is it doing anything?
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
Millet based diet can lower risk of type 2 diabetes and help manage blood glucose levels
New study shows that eating millets can reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and helps manage blood glucose levels in diabetics
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
A blood test for your body clock? It's on the horizon
What time is your body clock set on? The answer, mounting research suggests, can influence a person's predisposition to heart disease.
Joshua Shavit
- Aug 1, 2021
Scientific approach to testing ideas helps startups fail and scale faster
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg famously described the mindset as “move fast and break things.” But does that mantra actually work?
JJ Shavit
- Jul 30, 2021
Physicists Have Figured Out How We Could Make Antimatter Out of Light
A new study by scientists has demonstrated how researchers may be able to create an accelerating jet of antimatter from light.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 30, 2021
Lose weight by literally sweating out your fat
A seemingly unremarkable observation — greasy hair — showed Penn researchers how the immune system could be targeted to reverse obesity
JJ Shavit
- Jul 27, 2021
Earlier sleep timing associated with lower depression risk
People who tend to go to bed and wake up earlier have significantly lower risk of major depression, according to a sweeping genetic study
JJ Shavit
- Jul 24, 2021
Soft skin patch could provide early warning for strokes, heart attacks
Engineers developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through major arteries and veins
JJ Shavit
- Jul 24, 2021
EVs are much cleaner than gas vehicles in full lifecycle green house gas creation
EVs still release fewer greenhouse gases than gas vehicles - even if they're charged by energy grid that relies on 'dirty' power llike coal
JJ Shavit
- Jul 24, 2021
Astrophysicist outlines plans for the gravitational wave observatory on the moon
Vanderbilt astrophysicist has led a series of studies that make the first case for a gravitational wave infrastructure on the moon.
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