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Playing Sports Against Robotic Opponents Makes Our Brains Work Harder

Captain of her high school tennis team and a four-year veteran of varsity tennis in college, Amanda Studnicki had been training for this moment for years.

All she had to do now was think small. Like ping pong small.

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It Makes Us Feel Powerful: Unlocking Virtual-Reality's Potential for People With Autism

In a small private school in Jacksonville, a teenager put on a virtual-reality headset for the first time. Immersed in another world, he chattered excitedly to his classmates and teachers. It was the most they’d ever heard him say.

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Extending pre-quit duration of leading smoking cessation medication doesn’t help smokers quit, study finds

Extending the duration that a leading smoking cessation medication is taken prior to stopping tobacco use does not significantly improve the likelihood of breaking the cigarette habit and staying smoke-free, according to a Buffalo study.
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Study uncovers differences in saliva bacteria of students with recent suicidal thoughts

A University of Florida study has found that bacteria in the saliva of college students who reported recent thoughts of suicide differed in significant ways from those found in students who had not experienced recent suicidal thinking.
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Virtual reality gives humans a turtle's-eye view of wildlife

A virtual reality simulation designed by a UO professor could help spur people to environmental action.
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Study shows electric vehicles could be charged on the go via peer-to-peer system

Researchers at KU and UF co-wrote a study in Scientific Reports proposing a peer-to-peer system for BEVs to share charge among each other while driving down the road by being matched-up with a cloud-based control system.
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Pushy plants? Student discovery 'adds new dimension to plant biology'

A new University of Florida study has found that a local plant, the tall elephant’s foot, can be pushy — which wasn’t previously known.
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A first: Scientists grow plants in soil from the Moon

Scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon, a first in human history and a milestone in lunar and space exploration.
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Why we love Wordle, according to science

Social psychologist Matt Baldwin wakes up thinking about the yellow and green boxes of Wordle, the free, once-a-day word game that has gained millions of fans since its public launch in October. Unlike most players, though, he understands why our brains crave it.
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Tidal energy proposal wins UF, IBM technology contest Florida Hacks with IBM

Award winning Florida team comes up with a project designed to tap into tidal energy. They conducted a study that called for the installation of 10 tidal turbines off the coast of Jacksonville and found that as many as 4,000 homes could be powered per year.
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