Researchers have developed a combination of commercially available hardware and open-source software, named PySight, which improves…
Month: September 2018
Regret is a gambler’s curse, neuroscientists say
The brain's orbitofrontal cortex deals with social interactions, including regret, and has been much studied with…
Eyes have a natural version of night vision
To see under starlight and moonlight, the retina of the eye changes both the software and…
Open insulin, ‘DIY bio’ and the future of pharma
A growing community of do-it-yourself 'biohackers' are disrupting business-as-usual for pharmaceutical discovery, development and distribution. A…
Caspase-2 enzyme inhibitor shows promise for ameliorating fatty liver disease
Researchers have discovered using mice and human clinical specimens that caspase-2, a protein-cleaving enzyme, is a…
One in three college freshmen worldwide reports mental health disorder
A new study finds that more than one-third of first-year university students in eight industrialized countries…
BUFFALO charges towards the earliest galaxies
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to shed light on the evolution…
Obesity alters airway muscle function, increases asthma risk
Obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma, a new study suggests.
New means to fight ‘un-killable’ bacteria in healthcare settings
Scientists have identified new means of fighting drug-tolerant bacteria, a growing global threat as menacing as…
Computer avatars play a part in dementia detection
Scientists have demonstrated the possibility of detecting dementia from conversations in human-agent interaction. Their research shows…