1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (637+ words) Eye contact enables infants to work out what to pay attention to and acts as a switch to synchronise their brain waves with the speaker, scientists in Cambridge and Singapore have shown. The researchers in both countries got infants to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (255+ words) Muscat – Oman Investment Authority (OIA) has strengthened its presence in the global innovation ecosystem through investments in Cambridge Innovation Capital and Oxford Science Enterprises, expanding its exposure to startups developing technologies in healthcare, life sciences and quantum computing. The investments…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (608+ words) Massachusetts researchers on Thursday issued a public plea for the state to step in and fund scientific research to help make up for steep drops in federal support that have cost universities tens of millions of dollars. During a virtual…...

4+ mon, 16+ hour ago   (375+ words) LOWELL — A UMass Lowell alumnus who helped transform the computing industry is now the namesake of a university lecture hall where today’s engineering students learn and innovate. UMass Lowell has dedicated Ball Hall Room 214 to the late Edson deCastro ’60, ’78, the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (628+ words) LOWELL, Mass. – Area residents looking to build a career in the life sciences have a place to gain essential professional experience at an expanded Bioversity laboratory and training space at UMass Lowell. On Monday, leaders from Bioversity, UMass Lowell, the…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (986+ words) When Natalie McKnight first became a professor at Boston University’s College of General Studies in 1990, she was only intending to be an emergency replacement for one semester. “Thirty-six years later, I’m still here, and I’m the dean of the college,…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (859+ words) Boston University used EM connectomics to show zebra finch neurons tunnel through mature tissue, a finding with implications for brain repair and memory stability. In a finding that sounds more sci-fi than songbird, Boston University researchers mapped migrating neurons in…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (836+ words) Two studies led by researchers at Boston University’s School of Public Health are the first to identify a connection between redlining, a historically racist housing policy, and a lower likelihood of pregnancy. “Our hypothesis here was that we know that…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (803+ words) Somewhere between the invention of the smartphone and the widespread implementation of artificial intelligence, modern culture has convinced itself that speed is the supreme virtue, and that any unoptimized time is a waste. In a consumer-driven economy like the United…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (265+ words) LOWELL, Mass. – Artificial intelligence research at UMass Lowell has long spanned disciplines, from science and engineering to business, health and the humanities. Now, the university is bringing that expertise together through the new Center for AI Computing Research (AICORE) to…...