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YALE UNIVERSITY: Portable MRI can detect brain abnormalities at bedside

A new portable MRI device detected specific brain abnormalities in 29 of 30 patients taken to Yale New Haven Hospital’s neuroscience intensive care unit after presenting with symptoms of stroke and other neurological disorders, according to a new study published Sept. 8 in the journal JAMA Neurology.

UC BERKELEY: How we sleep today may forecast when Alzheimer’s disease begins

What would you do if you knew how long you had until Alzheimer’s disease set in?

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: Scientists discover warped disk ‘torn apart by stars’

Pioneering new research has revealed the first direct evidence that groups of stars can tear apart their planet-forming disk, leaving it warped and with tilted rings.

Study finds black carbon not as important in cloud ice formation as once believed

Black carbon released when fossil fuel or biomass burns does not play as important of a role as once believed in the formation of ice particles in mid-level clouds, according to a new study.

NASA: AI algorithm could help scientists find punctures in the Earth’s magnetic bubble

The first artificial intelligence algorithm that can detect when spacecraft crosses back and forth from the Earth’s magnetic field to the Sun’s could help scientists whose main goal is to find punctures in the Earth’s magnetic bubble.

Ancient singing dog thought to be extinct discovered in the wild, may help further understand human vocalization

An ancient species of dog, believed to be extinct in the wild, was recently discovered roaming near the largest gold mine in the world in Papua, Indonesia. The ancient dog breed may revive a dying species and add a new chapter to the understanding of human vocal learning.

Hiker, paleontologist follow 300-million-year-old fossil footprints to a breakthrough

From a chance glance by a hiker on a storied Grand Canyon trail, a paleontologist and colleagues managed to trace the footsteps of an animal that lived more than 300 million years ago, and unearth a previously unknown — and surprising — evolutionary quirk.

Scientists in Germany combine spectroscopic techniques to vastly improve spatial and temporal resolution

Scientists combining light pulses with traditional microscopy have demonstrated how it is possible to capture vastly clearer images of the quantum world.

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton plays major role in new $115 million quantum science center

Princeton University will have a major leadership role in a new Co-Design Center for Quantum Advantage, headquartered at Brookhaven National Laboratory and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

UCLA: Single-use N95 respirators can be decontaminated and used again, study finds

Scientists hope new methods can mitigate the chronic shortage of personal protective equipment

Climate change impacting relationship between bees and flowers

While some may want to write off climate change as a myth, there are real world concerns that bear further consideration including a current development involving bees and flowers.

Researchers develop breakthrough on blue whirl flame

Since blue whirls were discovered in 2016, they have captured the imagination of the scientific community for a potential new avenue for low emission combustion.

New study finds artificial pancreas system safe for children as young as 6 with type 1 diabetes

Four pediatric diabetes centers in the country found during a clinical trial that a new artificial pancreas system is safe for children as young as six years old who have type one diabetes.

NASA studies what dent in magnetic field could mean

A dent in Earth's magnetic field, which is currently small but described by NASA as "evolving," is being observed by the agency's researchers, according to an Aug. 17 press release from NASA.

NASA research space scientist Giada Arney hopes to rewrite textbooks through a look for life on exoplanets

A NASA research space scientist, who as a child became excited when she learned that Earth is a planet, is now looking for life on exoplanets.

Miami University researchers shed light on insect-wing evolution debate

A recent paper by two scientists who studied crustaceans highlights the discovery that the wingless insects’ gene network was similar to that of insects – showing the gene network preceded the actual development of insect wings.

Agriculture, not fossil fuels, now top source of sulfur, study finds

Fossil fuels are no longer the top producer of sulphur into the environment, a new study found.

NIH launches interactive map to showcase benefits of annual $1 billion in grants they award

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) invest over $1 billion each year into biomedical development efforts by small businesses across the country, and has now created an interactive mapping tool to help people to understand the impact of that funding.

Researchers find new species of mud shrimp off coast of Panama

Researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have discovered “several new, undescribed animals, genera and species never seen or photographed before” in the Pacific Ocean near Panama’s Coiba National Park

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton researchers join collaboration of NSF Physics Research Center

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced funding for a new Physics Frontier Center, hosted at the University of Rochester, with Princeton co-principal investigators Adam Burrows, professor of astrophysical sciences, and Tom Duffy, professor of geosciences, to study the physics and astrophysical implications of matter under extreme pressures and temperatures.