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UTHealth's Valentin Dragoi earns third NIH BRAIN award
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Working to further the understanding of how the brain processes information, Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been awarded a thre...
Air Force sets up $100,000 VQ-Prize contest for space awareness visualization tools
The VQ-Prize aims to boost the development of new visualization tools for space situational awareness. (Air Force Space Command via YouTube)
The U.S. Air Force is looking for a few good apps to visualize satellites and other objects in Earth orbit —...
The 5 Biggest Myths of Mindfulness
Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen busts the 5 biggest myths of mindfulness-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Threatening Typhoon Yutu probed by GPM Satellite
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Typhoon Yutu, known as Rosita in the Philippines, is now threatening the Philippine Island of Luzon. The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a look at the heavy rainfall the storm...
Study sheds light on why a warmer world may equal a wetter Arctic
(University at Buffalo) As the Arctic warms, it's predicted to get wetter. But why? A new study looks to history for answers, examining what happened in the region during a period of warming some 8,000 years ago. The research finds evidence that...
Vitamin Vaping Raises Wariness among Scientists
Companies claim e-cigarettes can deliver nutrients, but experts say the science looks shaky-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Here's What the Quantum Internet Has in Store
Physicists say this futuristic, super-secure network could be useful long before it reaches technological maturity-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How Do Bomb Squads Assess a Suspicious Package?
Explosives experts use a combination of x-ray scans, chemical swabs and other tools to evaluate the parcel-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Surprising network activity in the immature brain
(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) Scientists have identified spontaneous activity in the visual cortex that serves as a template for the subsequent development of the long-range neural connections.
New driverless car technology could make traffic lights and speeding tickets obsolete
(University of Delaware) New driverless car technologies developed at a University of Delaware lab could lead to a world without traffic lights and speeding tickets. Researchers also hope the innovations will bring about the development of driverless...