MedicineHarvard's soft exosuit, a wearable robot, lowered energy expenditure in healthy people walking with a load on their back by almost 23% compared to walking with the exosuit powered-off. Such a wearable robot has potential to help soldiers and workers, as well as patients with disabilities. (wyss.harvard.edu)
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PhysicsPhysicists may have just manipulated 'pure nothingness' (mnn.com)
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HealthAlthough the US economy has expanded dramatically since 1994, this improvement does not appear to have translated into more women taking maternity leave. By contrast, the number of men taking paternity leave has tripled, albeit from a much smaller base. (sciencedaily.com)
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EnvironmentSea level in the Northeast and in some other US regions will rise significantly faster than the global average, according to a new report. In a worst-case scenario, global sea level could rise by about 8 feet by 2100. The report lays out 6 scenarios intended to inform national and regional planning. (news.rutgers.edu)
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Animal ScienceAnts find their way even when going backwards (getintotrend.com)
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NeuroscienceStudy reveals for first time that talking therapy changes the brain's wiring (kcl.ac.uk)
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MedicineProstate biopsies could be avoidable with MRIs: study (yahoo.com)
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BiologyProtein structure determination using metagenome sequence data (science.sciencemag.org)
submitted by DrAntonioArizaPhD | Biochemistry | Structural Biology
EngineeringUltrafast Camera Captures 'Sonic Booms' of Light for First Time (livescience.com)
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HealthWayne State University Research Team Develops New Diagnostic Tool to Identify Tinnitus in Rats (sciencenewsline.com)
submitted by FillsYourNicheMS | Ecology and Evolution | Ethology
AstronomyAstronomers have discovered that a star thought to be younger than the Sun is actually 12 billion years old. (news.rub.de)
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Computer ScienceNew computational model, built on an artificial intelligence (AI) platform, performs in the 75th percentile for American adults on standard intelligence test, making it better than average, finds Northwestern University researchers. (mccormick.northwestern.edu)
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Computer ScienceFastest magnetic read/write ever is incredibly energy efficient (arstechnica.com)
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MedicineDNA-testing smartphone aims to tackle drugs resistance (bbc.co.uk)
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NeuroscienceMany more in the UK could die from mad cow disease: For the first time ever, someone with the genotype MV has been diagnosed with variant CJD (the human form of mad cow disease) (newscientist.com)
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