While current treatments for schizophrenia – a mental illness affecting 1% of the world’s population – can reduce certain symptoms, they have little effect on the cognitive deficits affecting the daily life of patients.
Scientists…
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Scientists uncover 27 million tons of nanoplastic in the Atlantic
A silent crisis is unfolding beneath the surface of our oceans, and it’s worse than feared.
Scientists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University have uncovered a staggering 27 million tons of…
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Neurons shift during repeated navigation of identical paths
In a new study, Northwestern University neurobiologists found the brain’s internal GPS changes each time we navigate a familiar, static environment.
This means that if someone walks the same path every day – and the path and…
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Q&A: New York MTA’s Juliette Michaelson on NYC’s Congestion Tolling Program
After years of study and planning, and not a little controversy, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) activated the nation’s first congestion pricing program on Jan. 5, 2025. Under a state-mandated effort to reduce traffic…
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Researchers develop therapeutic nanoparticles beyond delivery
A group of University of Ottawa researchers have already shown how scientists can harness gene therapies to deliver nano-sized treatments for cancer, cardiovascular and other diseases. Unfortunately, the delivery agents in the…
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NASA Tests 5G-Based Aviation Network to Boost Air Taxi Connectivity
NASA engineers are exploring how the technology used in existing cellphone networks could support the next generation of aviation.
In April and May, researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built two specialized radio systems…
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