Technology

MASC Artificial Teeth Are As Tough As Real Ones

Teeth and seashells are among the stronger, more durable things in nature. The secret of these materials lies in their unique fine structure: they are composed of different layers in which numerous micro-platelets are joined together, aligned in identical ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 9:00am

The Science Of Retweets

What's the best time to tweet, to ensure maximum audience engagement? Researchers at the University of Maryland have demonstrated that an algorithm that takes into account the past activity of each of your followers-- and makes predictions about futu ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 9:00am

Hand And Arm Movement To Quadriplegic Patients Restored

A pioneering surgical technique has restored some hand and arm movement to patients immobilized by spinal cord injuries in the neck, reports a new study. Like railroad switchmen, the focus is on rerouting passageways; however, instead of trains on a track ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 8:30am

'Blind Analysis' Used In Physics Could Reduce Bias In Social And Life Sciences Papers

A course on critical thinking has generated a new proposal to remove sources of bias in research and improve confidence in published studies. Social science research got a black eye recently when the authors of several studies were shown to have manipulat ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2015 - 7:30am

Safety Concerns Over Essure Hysteroscopic Sterilization Device

Women who undergo implant based female sterilization have a significantly heightened risk of reoperation following complications, suggests a large study published in The BMJ this week. Female sterilization is one of the most common contraception methods w ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2015 - 7:30am

Why Embryos Develop Abnormally- Artificial Intelligence May Figure It Out

X smoked a pack of cigarettes a day, used alcohol like a fish uses water, and lived to a ripe old age. His brother Y did the same thing and succumbed to cancer at age 55. Why do some individuals develop certain diseases or disorders while others do not? A ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 7:17am

Artificial Foam Heart Created

Researchers have developed a new lightweight and stretchable material with the consistency of memory foam that has potential for use in prosthetic body parts, artificial organs and soft robotics. The foam is unique because it can be formed and has connect ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 7:30am

Teaching Robots To Fall With Grace And Style

Miss Georgia tripped in the final round of the 2015 Miss America Pageant and actress Jennifer Lawrence stumbled on her way to accept an Academy Award. It has happened to all of us. And it happens to robots as well. Researchers at Georgia Tech have identif ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2015 - 7:06am

First Automated Mass Crowd Count

Computers have scanned aerial photographs and conducted the first automated mass-crowd count in the world, thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Central Florida. Counting large-scale crowds has been a long, tedious process involving peopl ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2015 - 8:00am

Artificial Skin That Can Send Pressure Sensation To Brain Cell

Stanford engineers have created a plastic "skin" that can detect how hard it is being pressed and generate an electric signal to deliver this sensory input directly to a living brain cell. Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanf ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2015 - 7:00am