Neuroscientist Who Doggedly Pursued Genetic Hunch Wins Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
A professor at Baylor College of Medicine (B.C.M.) has received the Pearl Meister Greengard Prize for her pioneering work as a neuroscientist.
Stories by Julianne Chiaet
FIFA Physics: How a Video Game Finally Figured Out Air Resistance
How a soccer video game finally got air resistance right
The Sciences
Rolling on Wheels That Aren’t Round
What shape has a constant width, no matter how its oriented? While most of you would say a circle (and youd be right), thats not the only answer.
Will to Persevere Can Be Triggered by Electric Stimulation
The finding lays the groundwork for researchers to study a neuronal network involved in human perseverance
Global STEM Alliance Adds SUNY and Buenos Aires to Education Network
The future of tomorrow’s global economy relies on the education of children today and the technology they will be able to produce, which is why the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) and Cisco established a partnership earlier this year to encourage children to take on professions in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, also known [...]..
Winners of the Dance Your PhD Competition Revealed
For the past 6 years, Science magazine and its publisher, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, have challenged researchers to explain their doctoral research through interpretive dance...
Civilian Drones to Change How We Respond to Emergencies
You may think you know what a “drone” is. But the word “clearly means a lot of things to a lot of different people,” according to Dean Jansen, co-director of the Drones and Aerial Robotics Conference (DARC), which took place in October...
Why Do Antidepressants Take So Long to Work?
Kate wanted to die. She remembers the moment the psychiatrist said “the antidepressant isn’t going to work right away. Can you promise to be here next week and not kill yourself?” “I told her no,” Kate says...
Jimmy Carter Fights to Eliminate Eye Disease That Plagued His Childhood
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was at Pfizer Headquarters in Manhattan on November 5th to honor the 15th anniversary of the International Trachoma Initiative (ITI), a non-for-profit program dedicated to eliminating the eye disease as a public health concern by 2020...
Drone Pilot Challenges FAA on Commercial Flying Ban
A company specializing in aerial filmography using radio-controlled planes wants to force the agency’s hand on fines constraining for-profit drone use
Global STEM Outreach Effort to Target Middle Schoolers in Barcelona and Malaysia
A global alliance aimed at educating and empowering youth to become the next generation to enter the information and communication technologies (ICT) workforce was announced today in Barcelona, Spain, at Cisco’s Internet of Things World Forum....
Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy
The types of books we read may affect how we relate to others
Getting on the Ball: How the FIFA 14 Soccer Video Game Finally Got Its Physics Right
Strange ball behavior in earlier versions of the game has been traced to an error in the way air resistance was calculated
Focus Shifts to Gray Matter in Search for the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
Most researchers have suspected MS is a disease of the brain’s white matter. A new study suggests the debilitating disorder originates in gray matter, and raises hopes for faster diagnoses...
Inner Ear Dysfunction Linked to Hyperactivity
A study suggests some types of abnormal behavior have a physiological source, and may offer a new approach to treatment
