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Joseph Shavit
Jan 23, 2022
App helps preemie parents feel confident caring for their newborns
Parents in NICU receive a dizzying amount of information about their baby’s changing weight, respiratory levels, feeding patterns and more.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 22, 2022
Why do humans exhibit rapid eye movement when they sleep?
A research team has reported a common circuit regulating both innate fear and REM sleep, which has proved this hypothesis.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 22, 2022
Using ice to boil water: Researcher makes heat transfer discovery
New discovery about the properties of water that could provide an exciting addendum to a phenomenon established over two centuries ago.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 22, 2022
NASA Emergency Beacons Save Lives in 2021
In 2021, NASA technology saved 330 lives in the U.S. network region of the international satellite-aided search and rescue effort.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 22, 2022
When it comes to visual memory, size matters
Research shows for the first time that in natural vision, visual memory of images is affected by the size of the image on the retina.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 21, 2022
Coffee consumption shown to stimulate digestion and protect against certain diseases
Moderate coffee consumption (3-5 cups per day) was not found to generate harmful effects on the various organs of the digestive tract.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 21, 2022
Antifreeze cream prevents frostbite injuries to skin
Frostbite not only kills skin cells, but can also harm deeper tissues like muscle and bone, sometimes causing infections and nerve damage.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 20, 2022
Artificial pancreas proves 'life-changing' for very young children with type 1 diabetes
An artificial pancreas developed by a team of Cambridge researchers is helping protect very young children with type 1 diabetes.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 20, 2022
Giving project teams more autonomy boosts productivity and customer satisfaction
Organizations that take a hands-off approach to the structure and governance of project teams create an environment of creative flexibility.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 20, 2022
Your eyes and age are linked to heightened death risk, study shows
Research showed a strong association between predicted retinal age and real age, with an overall accuracy to within 3.5 years.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 20, 2022
Quantum computing in silicon hits 99% accuracy
UNSW Sydney-led research paves the way for large silicon-based quantum processors for real-world manufacturing and application.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 19, 2022
First-of-its-kind wearable, noninvasive blood sugar monitor
A new wearable device created by Penn State researchers, is a less intrusive glucose monitor and could become the norm in diabetes care.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 19, 2022
“Hey, Alexa! Are you trustworthy?”
The more social behaviors a voice-user interface exhibits, the more likely people are to trust it and engage with it.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 19, 2022
Nanotherapy offers new hope for the treatment of Type-1 diabetes
Researchers have opened new paths to islet transplantation by using nanoparticles to deliver immunosuppressive drug regimen.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 18, 2022
There are 40 billion billions of black holes in the universe
How many black holes are out there in the Universe? This is one of the most relevant and pressing questions in modern cosmology.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 18, 2022
Improving reading skills through action video games
An Italian-Swiss team demonstrates children reading skills can be improved through a novel child-friendly action video game.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 18, 2022
The brain pays attention to unfamiliar voices during sleep
While you snooze, your brain continues to monitor the environment, balancing the need to protect sleep with the need to wake up.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 16, 2022
New qubits bring us one step closer to quantum networks
Quantum computers may be able to solve science problems that are impossible for today’s fastest conventional supercomputers.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 16, 2022
A world-first study has revealed how space travel affects red blood cells
A world-first study has revealed how space travel can cause lower red blood cell counts, known as space anemia.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 15, 2022
Scientists have identified why Mars has no liquid water on its surface
Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.
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