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AI Predicts Risk of School Violence
In a recent pilot study, researchers from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) have demonstrated artificial intelligence as a useful tool in predicting which students are more likely to perpetrate school violence. The researchers determined that machine learning is as accurate as a team of child, adolescent and forensic psychiatrists in determining a young… Read More
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Oil Spills? Sustainable High-Tech Sponge Could Be the Answer
A team of student-researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) has developed high-tech sponges capable of cleaning up ocean water after oil spills. The sponges can soak up oil while repelling water, and they don’t leave behind any toxic byproduct. The collected oil could even be recycled for future use. “Oil-water separation is an… Read More
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Does Parental Support Help or Hinder Children’s Career Success?
College graduates who receive direct financial support from their parents have greater career success, according to a new study. “The question underlying this work was whether parental support gives adult children an advantage or hinders their development,” Anna Manzoni, an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University and author of the study, said… Read More
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AI Can Now Decode Animal Behavior. What Does It Mean for Our Future?
Up until now, biologists studying animal behavior have been restricted to human observation. But scientists at Columbia University have now come up with an easier method. They have developed an innovative algorithm that can be used to study animal behaviors. Led by Rafael Yuste, a neuroscientist at Columbia and a member of Columbia’s Data Science… Read More
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Envisioning On-Skin 3D Printing Tool As ‘Swiss Army Knife’ of the Future
A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota has developed a technology to print custom electronics and cells directly onto the skin using a portable and lightweight 3D printer that costs less than $400. The new technology is a potential breakthrough in both 3D printing and wearable electronics, and could be applied in a… Read More
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How Parents Shape Young Adults’ Romantic Relationships
Effective parenting and a positive family climate during early adolescence may lead children to have healthier, less violent romantic relationships later in life, according to a recent study by researchers from The Pennsylvania State University. The researchers found that adolescents who reported a less conflictual family climate and parents who used effective parenting strategies, such… Read More
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Social Media ‘Echo Chambers’ Reinforce Political Partisanship
A recent study by researchers from Aalto University, the University of Helsinki and Qatar Computing Research Institute confirms the existence of echo chambers on Twitter. “An echo chamber exists if the leaning of the content received by Twitter users is in part with the leaning of the content they share,” co-author Aristides Gionis, a professor… Read More
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Smartphone Reader Takes Guessing Out of Infection Diagnosis
Researchers at Washington State University have developed a low-cost, pocket-sized laboratory that works nearly as well as clinical laboratories to detect common viral and bacterial infections. “This smartphone reader has the potential to improve access and speed up healthcare delivery,” Lei Li, assistant professor in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at WSU and… Read More
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Student Adapts Gaming Technology to Simulate ‘Violent Fluid Flows’
A student at the University of Manchester has used computer gaming technology to develop software capable of generating large-scale engineering simulations. These simulations could help the world meet its growing need for renewable energy. “The original motivations for this project come from the fact that with the renewable energy demands over recent years, a proportion… Read More
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Innovative Water-Splitting Technique Boosts Solar Fuel
A team of researchers from the University of Exeter has developed a method to produce hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel, by splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen, using just sunlight. Hydrogen fuel produced in this manner has many advantages. It is pure and inexpensive. It is also renewable with zero carbon emissions,… Read More
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Better Education Leads to Longer Lifespan
A new study by researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Vienna University of Economics and Business has found that life expectancy is best predicted by a person’s level of education. The new research challenges the conventional knowledge that connects income level to lifespan. Samuel Preston first demonstrated this connection in… Read More
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Video Games: Not Just Fun and Games, According to SLU Professor
A professor at Saint Louis University (SLU) has effectively used video games to teach his students language and culture. Simone Bregni, associate professor of languages, literatures and cultures at SLU, began playing video games in 1975 when he was only 12 years old. In those days the most popular game was “Pong,” a simple and… Read More
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Howard West Expands to Further Advance Tech Diversity
In the summer of 2017 Howard University and Google launched a partnership, dubbed Howard West, to identify, attract, support and immerse African American coders in Silicon Valley. Due to the success of last year’s three-month pilot, the partners have decided to expand the program. Starting in the fall of 2018, Howard and Google will broaden… Read More
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Do Emoji Skin Tone Options Help or Hurt Diversity?
A range of skin tone options for emojis was first introduced in 2015, leading to fears that the icons, if used inappropriately, would provoke negative racial sentiments online. A recent study by researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, however, has found that emoji skin tone options promote diversity, and not racism, on Twitter.… Read More
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Can Walls Be Smart, Really?
The walls around us everywhere don’t merit much thought, usually. But our run-of-the-mill walls will no longer serve merely as a room divider, not if a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Disney Research has anything to do with it. The researchers have figured out a way to convert ordinary walls into… Read More
