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Virginie Papadopoulou specializes in using ultrasound technology to study the body in extreme environments, ranging from the physiology of scuba divers to the blood flow in cancerous tumors. Her weapon of choice? Tiny bubbles.
University Research | The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillResearchers performed CT scans on five mummies from 16th-century Greenland, looking for evidence of atherosclerosis to see whether the leading cause of death in the U.S. today was also prevalent centuries ago.
University Research | Harvard UniversityA new study of Twitter activity shows that viral videos of seemingly cuddly exotic animals can have a dark side too -- by fueling demand for them as pets.
University Research | Duke UniversityFish and birds are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders.
University Research | New York UniversityA Michigan State University College of Human Medicine psychiatrist has found that most patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder are willing to use a smartphone application to help manage their symptoms, including after regular clinic hours.
Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Depression & Schizophrenia | Michigan State UniversityMIT engineers have developed a robot to play a slow-moving, yet surprisingly agile game of Jenga. Machine-learning approach could help robots assemble cellphones and other small parts in a manufacturing line.
University Research | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBigger dogs, with larger brains, perform better on certain measures of intelligence than their smaller canine counterparts, according to a new study led by the University of Arizona.
University Research | The University of ArizonaUC Berkeley scientists have determined how poor sleep affects pain by identifying neural glitches in the sleep-deprived brain that can intensify and prolong the agony of sickness and injury.
University Research | University of California, Berkeley | University of Colorado BoulderThis week's wrap-up features an AAU letter to Congressional leaders on FY19 Appropriations, Title IX Proposed Regulation Comments, Senate's "China and Russia" Hearing, and more.
NewslettersMartin Swany, a professor and chair of the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington, answers questions about his work with thermal imaging and electromagnetic probes.
University Research | Indiana University Bloomington