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Romance over rivalry? New study shows if you would sleep with a fan of your rival team?
Few things in sports are better than a clash between two bitter rivals and what could be more satisfying than a win over a team you hate.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 31, 2022


Scientists answer a century-old question on the origins of life
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 31, 2022


Microbes offer a glimpse into the future of climate change
Microbes play an important role in climate because they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere when they eat.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 31, 2022


AI can predict risk of a heart attack in the next year from a routine eye scan
An AI system is capable of spotting whether someone will have a heart attack within the next year — through a routine eye scan.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 30, 2022


New smartwatch app improves sleep quality for those with nightmare disorders
NightWare’s digital therapeutic uses the watch’s sensors to track the user’s heart rate and movement as they sleep.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 30, 2022


Vitamin D supplements lower risk of autoimmune disease
Study of older adults is 'first direct evidence' of protection against rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, other conditions.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 30, 2022


'One beautiful life': Dad's love for daughter leads to wheelchair innovation
LUCI is a high-tech hardware and software platform that mounts to a power wheelchair to provide stability, security and connectivity.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


Carbon nanotubes could be the answer to anticancer drug delivery
The key is that the nanotubes pull the liposomes and the cancer cells together, allowing the membranes of the liposome and cancer to mix.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


New technology recycles face masks into cost-effective batteries
Researchers from NUST MISIS have developed a new technology for producing cost-effective batteries from medical waste.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


Smartphone, M.D.: Turning your smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system
A new cell phone app and lab kit have transformed a smartphone into a COVID-19 / flu detection system.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


Game-changing technology in water electrolysis for production of green hydrogen energy
In recent times, hydrogen has drawn significant attention as a potential clean energy resource as an alternative to fossil fuels.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


Volcanic lake in Costa Rica shows how life might have existed on Mars
The hydrothermal crater lake of the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is one of the most hostile habitats on the planet.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 29, 2022


Artificial leaf captures 100 times more carbon than other systems
Engineers have built a cost-effective artificial leaf that can capture carbon dioxide at rates 100 times better than current systems.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


Researchers discover that fish talk a lot and have been for over 155 million years
Fish are far more likely to communicate with sound than generally thought—and some fish have been doing this for at least 155 million years.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


Haptic feedback sleeve and goggles allow blind people to 'see' with their arm
Researchers have developed a haptic feedback sleeve and goggle system that allows blind people to partially "see" with the skin on their arm
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


Gut microbiome may hold key to combat muscle decline as we age
In skeletal muscle, decreased performance and increased fatigue are associated with a decline in the efficiency of mitochondria.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


Players needed to solve puzzles and help advance cancer research
Scientists in Barcelona have launched GENIGMA, a videogame that enlists players to solve puzzles while generating real-world cancer data.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


Next generation of artificial platelets stop bleeding faster and save lives
New innovation in synthetic platelets could help save lives by rapidly stabilizing clots to reduce blood loss from traumatic injuries.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 28, 2022


New condom could boost use and protection, study finds
A condom designed to increase sexual pleasure has the potential to increase protected sex and decrease sexually transmitted infections
Joseph Shavit
Jan 27, 2022


Scientists uncover how close you can get to a black hole?
Physicists looked at specific features of light to figure out the closest you can get to a black hole without having to prevent disaster.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 27, 2022
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