NEW BREATH-DRIVEN CONCEPT SET TO TRANSFORM ACCESS TO HAND PROSTHETICS
The new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited...
INTERPLAY OF ANCESTRY AND SEXUAL DIMORPHISM SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT GROWTH PATTERNS IN FRONTAL SINUSES, RESEARCHERS FIND
Researchers have found the development of the frontal sinus was affected more by sexual dimorphism than the ancestry of the individual...
ADVANCED IMAGING REVEALS MIRED MIGRATION OF NEURONS IN RETT SYNDROME LAB MODELS
Using organoids to model early development, researchers used an emerging microscopy technology to see that new neurons struggled to...
IT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH WHICH FIBER YOU CHOOSE - JUST GET MORE FIBER!
The benefit of dietary fiber isn't just the easier pooping that advertisers tout. Fermentable fiber is an essential source of nutrients...
A PAPER BATTERY WITH WATER SWITCH
A team of researchers has developed a water-activated disposable paper battery. The researchers suggest that it could be used to power...
COMMUNICATION MAKES HUNTING EASIER FOR CHIMPANZEES
Similar to humans, chimpanzees use communication to coordinate their cooperative behavior - such as during hunting. When chimpanzees...
SWIMMING WITHOUT BRAINS AND MUSCLES
Bacteria and other unicellular organisms developed sophisticated ways to actively navigate their way, despite being comparably simple...
NEW SMARTPHONE CLIP-ON CAN DETECT ZIKA VIRUS IN BLOOD SAMPLES
In a new study, researchers have combined their efforts to develop an instrument that can be clipped on to a smartphone to rapidly...
SPECIALIZED BRAIN REGIONS RECOGNIZE VOCAL CUES THAT DON'T INVOLVE SPEECH
New research finds that specific parts of the brain recognize complex cues in human vocal sounds that do not involve speech, such as...
A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR METHANE TO SLIP BY NATURE'S FILTERS
Warmer oceans can lead to large amounts of methane being released from the seabeds, which may amplify climate warming. A new study...
INEFFICIENT BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION RISKS PROLONGING FOSSIL FUELS
A new study indicates that decarbonization pathways should incorporate more efficient electric heating technologies and more renewable...
OCTOPUS LURES FROM THE MARIANA ISLANDS FOUND TO BE OLDEST IN THE WORLD
An archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Mariana Islands were lures used for hunting...
WHERE YOU LIVE CAN AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO CONCEIVE, STUDY FINDS
People who live in socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods are about 20 percent less likely to conceive in any given menstrual cycle...
LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE RESULTS IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ENERGY SYSTEM
By taking into account the demographics and preferences of US racial groups, clarified through a nationally representative survey of...
NO 'SAFE SPACE' FOR 12 KEY OCEAN SPECIES ON NORTH AMERICAN WEST COAST
New research warns that climate impacts will significantly affect twelve economically and culturally important species that make their...
WHITE EGRET ORCHID EVOLVED FRILLY PETAL TO SUPPORT POLLINATOR HAWKMOTH
Botanists suggest that the frilly lip of the white egret orchid evolved as a stabilizer for the hawkmoth while it pollinates the plant,...
PEOPLE IN SHELTER-IN-PLACE HOTELS USED LESS ACUTE HEALTH SERVICES
In the first year of the pandemic, San Francisco and other communities in California offered private hotel rooms, three meals a day...
METAPHOR AND IMAGES SHOULD BE USED ALONGSIDE TRADITIONAL MEDICAL SCALES FOR PATIENTS TO DESCRIBE PAIN
Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study...
COVID-19: NEW ENERGY FOR FLAGGING IMMUNE CELLS
In severe COVID-19 patients, the metabolism produces insufficient amounts of certain energy-rich compounds called ketone bodies. However,...
ADVANCED MRI BENEFITS PATIENTS WITH HEART STIFFENING DISEASE
An advanced form of cardiac MRI has for the first-time enabled clinicians to measure the effectiveness of chemotherapy in patients...
'Severe, blatant misconduct': Mass. police officers condemn beating death of...
Police reform came to Massachusetts in 2021, putting a lot of safeguards in place to prevent situations like the one in Memphis from happening. Read more ...
Cindy Williams, ‘Laverne & Shirley' Star, Dead at 75
Pour out a Shotz tonight in honor of Shirley Feeney (and the late Penny Marshall's Laverne DeFazio, while you're at it). Read more ...
'Father of Peeps' marshmallow candies Bob Born dies at 98
Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98. Just Born Quality... Read more ...
Search continues for diver who disappeared in waters off Pebble Beach
UofL football releases schedule for 2023 season
The Cards' first game will be Sept. 1 against Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. Read more ...
Tennessee sex cop Maegan Hall admits she ‘got stupid, desperate' with randy...
“I got stupid, I got desperate,” she said in newly revealed transcripts obtained by a local television station. Read more ...
49ers' Brock Purdy suffered complete UCL tear during NFC Championship
Brock Purdy's injury is what the 49ers feared. Read more ...
Marjorie Taylor Greene: Biden Stealing Credit on GOP Declaring COVID 'Over'
Just before the Biden administration said it would end the COVID-19 national emergency, Greene said Republicans would be "declaring" the virus is "over." Read more ...
Iowa man who faked his own death for 6 years sentenced in child porn case
Greer is sentenced to 20 years in federal prison. Greer will also be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life. Read more ...
NFL free agents 2023: Ranking top 10 defensive linemen
There are plenty of talented defensive linemen - both on the edge and in the interior - set to become free agents this spring. Here are the top 10 DL who will hit the market in... Read more ...