Day May 5, 2021

A computer science engineer at Michigan State University has a word of advice for the millions of bitcoin owners who use smartphone apps to manage their cryptocurrency: don’t. Or at least, be careful. Researchers from MSU are developing a mobile…

A new USC study suggests that certain neighborhoods – particularly those characterized by poverty and unemployment – may pose an environmental risk to the developing brains of children, impacting neurocognitive performance and even brain size. The research was published May…

IMAGE: The Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting connects thousands of pediatricians and other health care providers worldwide. view more  Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting discussed prenatal environmental contaminants…

IMAGE: Simulations of a region of space 100 million light-years square. The leftmost simulation ran at low resolution. Using machine learning, researchers upscaled the low-res model to create a high-resolution simulation… view more  Credit: Y. Li et al./Proceedings of the National…

IMAGE: Leviathan Creek below an abandoned open pit mine, an EPA Superfund site in the Sierra Nevada, where iron oxide deposits coat the stream bottom. view more  Credit: David Herbst Many miles of streams and rivers in the United States and…

IMAGE: The leftmost simulation ran at low resolution. Using machine learning, researchers upscaled the low-res model to create a high-resolution simulation (right). That simulation captures the same details as a conventional… view more  Credit: Credit: Y. Li et al./Proceedings of the…

IMAGE: Boston University biologists Richard Primack and Carina Terry are pictured here collecting noise samples at Hall’s Pond Sanctuary in Brookline, Massachusetts. view more  Credit: Photo courtesy of Richard Primack As pandemic lockdowns went into effect in March 2020 and millions…

IMAGE: A STOV pulse (left) moving through a nonlinear crystal undergoes second harmonic generation, generating the pulse on the right view more  Credit: Hancock, Zahedpour, and Milchberg/University of Maryland Spinning or rotating objects are commonplace, from toy tops, fidget spinners, and…

BOSTON — Immunity often calls to mind the adaptive immune response, made up of antibodies and T cells that learn to fight specific pathogens after infection or vaccination. But the immune system also has an innate immune response, which uses…

Adults are more compassionate and are up to twice as likely to donate to charity when children are present, according to a new study from psychologists. The research, conducted by social psychologists at the University of Bath and Cardiff University…