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Extracting audio from visual information
Algorithm recovers speech from the vibrations of a potato-chip bag filmed through soundproof glass.
Crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect tasks
UCSB researcher shows that New Caledonian crows can perform as well as 7- to 10-year-olds on cause-and-effect water displacement tasks
Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis
A 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body has grown a full head of it after a novel treatment by doctors at Yale University.
Belonging to a group makes people more likely to harm others outside the group
Being in a group makes some people lose touch with their personal moral beliefs, researchers find.
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Fasting triggers stem cell regeneration of damaged, old immune system
Results in mice are first evidence of natural intervention triggering stem cell-dependent regeneration of organ or system ; p rotection from chemotherapy immunosuppression indicates effect could be conserved in humans.
We Are Now In Command of the ISEE-3 Spacecraft
The ISEE-3 Reboot Project is pleased to announce that our team has established two-way communication with the ISEE-3 spacecraft and has begun commanding it to perform specific functions. Over the coming days and weeks our team will make an assessment of the spacecraft’s overall health and refine the techniques…
Stanford study finds walking improves creativity
News, research, and insights from Stanford University.
Forensic Ballistics: How Apollo 12 Helped Solve the Skydiver Meteorite Mystery
What can a 45-year-old mission to the Moon tell us about a
Yale researchers reconstruct facial images locked in a viewer’s mind
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human faces as viewed by other people.