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MIT Ventures into the Enigmatic Alphabet of Sperm Whales
The allure of whales has stoked human consciousness for millennia, casting these ocean giants as enigmatic residents of the deep seas. From the biblical Leviathan to Herman Melville's formidable Moby Dick, whales have been central…
Study Suggests Heavy Snowfall and Rain Could Contribute to Certain Earthquakes
When scientists look for an earthquake’s cause, their search often starts underground. As centuries of seismic studies have made clear, it’s the collision of tectonic plates and the movement of subsurface faults and fissures that…
MIT Supply Chain Management Program Tops Three Rankings in 2024
MIT's Supply Chain Management (SCM) Master's Program, housed within the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) at the Institute's School of Engineering, has been named top master's program for supply chain management for…
Breakthrough Treatment Offers Hope in Reversing Hair Loss from Autoimmune Skin Disease
Researchers at MIT, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School have developed a potential new treatment for alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss and affects people of all ages, including…
MIT Develops Improved Method for Controlling Shape-Shifting Soft Robots
Imagine a slime-like robot that can seamlessly change its shape to squeeze through narrow spaces, which could be deployed inside the human body to remove an unwanted item.
While such a robot does not yet exist outside a…
Northwestern University: COVID-19 Pandemic Alters Attitudes Toward Wearable Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased interest in wearable health-monitoring devices among low-income Hispanic and Latine adults living in the U.S., a new Northwestern University study has found.
While the pandemic highlighted…
Northwestern University Takes Lead in Midwestern Carbon-Capture Hub
Recognizing that carbon dioxide (CO2) removal is a critical tool for thwarting the worst of climate change impacts, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has dedicated billions of dollars to explore the potential of direct air capture (DAC)…
University of Michigan Develops ER Screening Tool to Identify Youth at Risk of Firearm Violence
Doctors may be better able to identify young adults and youth at risk of firearm violence by implementing a new screening questionnaire, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Michigan.
The SaFETy (Serious…
University of Michigan Researchers Recognized with Javits Award for Addressing Stroke Health…
Two University of Michigan researchers have received the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke for their work on stroke health disparities in Mexican Americans.
Lynda…
University Of Leeds: NHS Data Analysis Predicts Patients’ Risk of Falling
Patients’ risk of falling in the next 12 months could be predicted from their NHS data using a newly developed calculator.
eFalls is a falls prediction model which uses routinely available primary care electronic health record data, the…