Eye-like cameras and AI could make driving safer

AI combined with a new bio-inspired camera detects pedestrians and obstacles 100 times faster than current car cameras.

U. Zurich • futurity
June 4, 2024 ~6 min

Rotting sargassum is choking the Caribbean’s white sand beaches, fueling an economic and public health crisis

A leading driver of this seaweed invasion is pollution, carried down rivers and into the Atlantic Ocean from the continents.

Farah Nibbs, Assistant Professor of Emergency and Disaster Health Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~10 min


Pregnancy is an engineering challenge − diagnosing and treating preterm birth requires understanding its mechanics

How and why preterm birth happens is still unclear, in part because research on pregnancy tends to focus on developmental biology.

Michelle L. Oyen, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~10 min

Messages can trigger the opposite of their desired effect − but you can avoid communication that backfires

Research reveals lots of reasons why well-meaning attempts to inform, persuade or correct misinformation go awry. It also identifies ways to avoid these communication backfires.

Sherry Seethaler, Director of Education Initiatives, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~9 min

Forgetting appointments, deadlines and that call to Mom − the phenomenon of prospective memory and how to improve yours

Many medical conditions can affect prospective memory. But so can excessive alcohol use.

Sarah Raskin, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~9 min

The fascinating psychology behind ‘dine and dash’ and why it’s about so much more than a free meal

It may be about repairing your self-image or playing twisted mind-games.

Geoff Beattie, Professor of Psychology, Edge Hill University • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~7 min

Four photos that show the potential of rewilding nature

Rewilding is about finding ways to let nature thrive and regenerate. Around the world, cities and community projects are doing just that.

David Gelsthorpe, Curator of Earth Sciences, University of Manchester • conversation
June 4, 2024 ~7 min

New open-source platform allows users to evaluate performance of AI-powered chatbots

Researchers have developed a platform for the interactive evaluation of AI-powered chatbots such as ChatGPT. 

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2024 ~7 min


Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation

MIT engineers’ new implantable device could become an alternative to the electrodes now used to treat Parkinson’s and other diseases.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
June 4, 2024 ~7 min

Ten with MIT connections win 2024 Hertz Foundation Fellowships

The fellowships provide five years of funding to doctoral students in applied science, engineering, and mathematics who have “the extraordinary creativity and principled leadership necessary to tackle problems others can’t solve.”

Elizabeth Durant | Office of the Vice Chancellor • mit
June 3, 2024 ~10 min

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