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30-Oct-2024

For these little robots, two heads are better than one

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Left alone, the toy robots will skitter mindlessly across a tabletop and amuse small children and cats. But when engineers at Princeton paired the small toys with a flexible tether, the bots developed remarkable abilities. They explored enclosed spaces, solved mazes with ease, and even rounded up loose objects into patterns.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

30-Oct-2024

Accounting for bias in medical data helps prevent AI from amplifying racial disparity

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Black patients are less likely than white patients to receive medical tests that doctors use to diagnose severe disease, such as sepsis, researchers at the University of Michigan have shown.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

30-Oct-2024

Antarctic penguin colonies can be identified and tracked from tourists' photos, using a computer model to reconstruct the 3D scene

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Antarctic penguin colonies can be identified and tracked from tourists' photos, using a computer model to reconstruct the 3D scene

Journal: PLOS One

30-Oct-2024

Farewell frost! New surface prevents frost without heat

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, researchers discovered that tweaking the texture of any surface and adding a thin layer of graphene oxide prevents 100% of frost from forming on surfaces for one week or potentially even longer. This is 1,000 times longer than current, state-of-the-art anti-frosting surfaces.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Korea Institute of Science and Technology

30-Oct-2024

Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health launches collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop digital health tools to help patients and providers

The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Business Announcement

The Center for Technology and Behavioral Health (CTBH) at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth has announced an innovative collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim with the goal of advancing prescription digital therapeutics that specifically target serious mental illness. The collaboration will leverage each organization’s respective strengths in academic research and the healthcare industry to develop tools that can address the global mental health crisis.

30-Oct-2024

Smarter clot busting: WPI researcher to develop real-time imaging technology for stroke treatment

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

To improve treatment for ischemic strokes caused by blockages in the brain, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Yihao Zheng is shining a light on blood clots.

Zheng, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and a team of researchers with expertise across science and engineering are developing a fiber-optic probe that will use light and advanced calculations to determine in real time whether a blood clot in the brain is soft, stiff, sturdy, or weak.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation

30-Oct-2024

Solving interface mystery in organic solar cells makes them more efficient

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research provides a deeper understanding of precisely what is happening in organic solar cells as light is converted into electricity. Researchers developed a new method which visualizes interfaces where the sunlight’s energy is converted to electrical charges and used the findings to develop a set of design rules that can improve the efficiency of organic solar cells.

Journal: Matter
Funder: Office of Naval Research