Rochester says brain stimulation can accelerate visual learning

It is possible to improve ones visual perception with practice, in the case of both healthy adults and people who experience vision loss from a traumatic brain injury or stroke. Researchers at the University of […]

Princeton geoscientists explore landmass collision

A team of Princeton University researchers is exploring a new effect of a landmass collision that occurred about 50 million years ago. We know that when the landmass that is now the Indian subcontinent slammed […]

Princeton explores predator-prey relationships

A team of ecologists at Princeton University are exploring predator-prey interactions –and how predators will affect biodiversity and ecosystems — by exploring the behavior of the prey. The researchers traveled to a small island in […]

Albany research links childhood adversity to adulthood depression

Research out of the School of Public Health at the University at Albany says that people who face adversity as children are at a significantly greater risk for depression as adults. The researchers explain that […]

Stony Brook study finds education postpones Alzheimer’s

Building off the idea that exercising the brain improves cognition, a new study by Stony Brook University researchers reveals that higher education is associated with a later onset of Alzheimer’s-related cognitive declines. Specifically, the researchers […]

Columbia University studies Hurricane Maria damage

Research conducted by Columbia University’s Earth Institute Columbia University points to the conclusion that the damage from Hurricane Maria was not only different from, but worse than any other previously documented storm. More specifically, they […]

Syracuse physicists study matter and antimatter decay

Research by physicists at Syracuse University has confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles containing charmed quarks. This marks the first time that matter and antimatter asymmetry has been confirmed, although many […]

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