New therapy bot helps children with autism perfect their social skills
Robotics startup LuxAI has created QTrobot, a bot designed to help children with autism learn valuable social skills.
Science & academia
Research successfully transplant lab-grown lungs in pigs
Eventually, bioengineered lungs could replace donor ones altogether. And that could make the transplant waiting list a thing of the past.
New ‘flow battery’ could power green homes when the sun goes down and the wind stops blowing
Researchers report the discovery of a potentially cheap, organic molecule that can power a flow battery for years instead of days.
Promising HIV vaccine moves to wider human trials
The most promising candidate for an effective HIV vaccine in over a decade is moving to large-scale human trials
Scientists grow first test-tube rhino embryo in bid to save Northern White Rhinos from extinction
Researchers explained that they had created embryos by injecting southern white rhino eggs with northern white rhino sperm. The embryos are the first ever rhino embryos produced in a test tube.
Temple University researchers successfully reverse cognitive impairments in mice with dementia
New research shows, for the first time in an animal model, that tau pathology — the second-most important lesion in the brain in patients with Alzheimer’s disease — can be reversed by a drug.
New facial recognition software tracks and protects endangered primates
Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) developed a facial recognition software program that could help save the lives of endangered primates.
Premature birth rates drop in California after coal and oil plants shut down, study finds
Within a year of eight coal- and oil-fired power plant retirements, the rate of preterm births in mothers living close by dropped, finds new study on air pollution.
Study shows that Reddit is helping people cope with mental illness
The researchers analyzed the language used by subscribers on the r/depression subreddit, concluding that users’ language improved in nine of 10 categories, suggesting r/depression prompted a “positive emotion change” in users.
Irish minimum wage rise in 2016 did not increase joblessness, study finds
“Our analysis revealed no negative employment effects because of the 2016 increase.”