1-May-2025 Texas A&M to debut PTSD self-management system Texas A&M University The innovative First Watch Device system, developed by faculty at Texas A&M University, works with Apple smartwatches. FWD learns and responds to the wearer’s PTSD-specific physical cues to manage and reduce PTSD episodes, capture valuable therapeutic data and provide real-time user support. The technology is designed to help veterans and first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder improve their mental health and live normal lives.
1-May-2025 Space conference blasts off with promising innovations Ohio State University Global interest in human spaceflight has ignited passions for the emerging commercial space ecosystem, and efforts to expand space research and related manufacturing are taking center stage in Ohio.
1-May-2025 Advanced models offer scientists a promising tool to better understand brain disorders Rutgers University A specialized model used by researchers is becoming a valuable tool for studying human brain development, diseases and potential treatments, according to a team of scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Known as chimeric brain models, these laboratory tools provide a unique way to understand human brain functions in a living environment, which may lead to new and better therapies for brain disorders, researchers said in a review article in Neuron. Journal Neuron Funder NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, State of New Jersey Department of Health, State of New Jersey Department of Health
1-May-2025 Springing into action after a sedentary season? Here's how to protect your heart Mayo Clinic Around the world, people are starting to engage in outdoor activities after a winter spent largely indoors and perhaps with less physical activity than during more temperate seasons. In other climates, people may be starting an indoor, less-active time. Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London, offers five tips to protect your heart when you spring into action after a sedentary period.
1-May-2025 Know the stroke signs and save lives this American Stroke Month American Heart Association During May, American Stroke Month, the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, is raising awareness nationwide that stroke is largely preventable, treatable and beatable.
1-May-2025 Inside the latest research advancements to help combat brain cancer University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences Here’s a look at some of the most recent discoveries from UCLA scientists that are helping to advance more effective and targeted treatment strategies for glioblastoma and other aggressive brain cancers.
1-May-2025 UCLA screening facility applies high-tech for advances in biology and medicine California NanoSystems Institute “CNSI isn’t really just academia,” said Damoiseaux, director of UCLA’s Molecular Screening Shared Resource. “While a lot of clients are based at UCLA, others come to MSSR from all over the world. Pharma likes to use us because we’ve built a certain reputation, and they know our output. In fact, collaborations with pharma enable us to build tools we otherwise couldn’t have, so the advantages go back and forth.”
1-May-2025 What rare earth elements are and why they matter Tufts University Rare earth elements are critical to many industries—used in electric motors, medical imaging and diagnostics, oil and gas refining, and computer and phone screens. Deposited in just a few accessible locations across the globe after billions of years of geological movement, they are at the center of several political and economic conflicts.
30-Apr-2025 Interview with Katie Laird of De Montfort University, U.K. PLOS Interview with Katie Laird of De Montfort University, U.K. Author of PLOS One paper: Cayrou C, Silver K, Owen L, Dunlop J, Laird K (2025) Domestic laundering of healthcare textiles: Disinfection efficacy and risks of antibiotic resistance transmission. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0321467. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321467 Journal PLOS One
30-Apr-2025 New series from Quanta Magazine explores AI’s impact on science Simons Foundation In “Science, Promise and Peril in the Age of AI,” a new special series released today, Quanta Magazine looks far beyond AI-based research tools to explore how AI is changing what it means to do science and what it means to be a scientist.
