Smartphone technology is transforming breastfeeding counseling into a new era. A more cost-effective approach with more accessible information is under development.
“Life: A Means to a Thermodynamically Favorable End?”
How did life begin? Jeremy England, a physics professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says the origin and evolution of life is nothing more than a matter of energy dispersal.
A new study led by doctoral student Karen Dannemiller correlates low fungal diversity with an increased likelihood for asthma development in children.
University of Cape Town Professor Kelly Chibale and colleagues have perfected a novel compound that could kill malaria parasites in a single dose.
Robotic warfare is evolving quickly, and it may not be long before robots can kill without humans giving the go-ahead. Wendell Wallach, a lecturer at Yale’s Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, is lobbying to ban killer robots before they can be deployed.
Genetics may be the cause of curly hair, but researchers at MIT have just recently explored the physics behind why exactly curly hair acts the way it does.
Professor Brian Scassellati and Daniel Leyzberg of the Yale Social Robotics Lab have discovered that receiving personalized instruction from a robot can be comparable to receiving personalized instruction from a human tutor.
Scientists and non-scientists alike are impressed by 3D printing, especially by how rapidly use of the cutting-edge technology has expanded in recent years. But how exactly do 3D printers work?
Yale Researchers Leonard Kaczmarek and Christopher Pittenger are working on investigating rare genetic diseases through a combination of genetic sequencing, basic science research and clinical application.
The media has been quick to cause uproar over a potential relationship between cellphone radiation and certain types of cancer, but the scientific community has yet to reach a consensus on this issue. The claim that cellphones definitely increase one’s chance of a cancer diagnosis is undoubtedly a myth.
Creating artificial life is not a new pursuit; in fact, scientists have been working on its components for years. A recent breakthrough by Dutch scientists has brought us leaps and bounds closer to a functional plastic cell.
Biomedical engineers at Yale have created a new, more human-like model for studying inflammation with the goal that discoveries in a petri dish can actually translate to cures for diseases in the human body.