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This art car highlights the heritage of students and staff at Elsik High School, representing over 30 countries from Afghanistan to South Korea.

Why can images of things we have seen seem so real when we later recall them from memory? A new study led by Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University investigators sheds light on the answer. The research shows that the same brain neurons are activated when we imagine something and when we perceive something. The research, led by Cedars-Sinai, is the first to provide a detailed understanding of the shared mechanism that underlies visual perception and creation of mental images in the human brain. It was published in the journal Science.

A team of scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), led by Nikos Vasilakis, Ph.D., and Peter McCaffrey, MD, has developed a new computational pipeline that could dramatically accelerate the development of vaccines against a group of mosquito-borne viruses known as alphavirus. Vasilakis is a professor and the vice chair for research, and McCaffrey is an assistant professor of clinical practice and director of the UTMB AI center, both in the Department of Pathology. The work was conducted in collaboration with the researchers' colleagues in Brazil and Panama.

Already known for their ties to immune system dysfunction, cancers and digestive issues, these findings add another notch to forever chemicals' toxic belt. 

A three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is on display in Surprise as part of a national tour.

The global launch follows an exclusive presale for Los Angeles and Oklahoma City — the host cities — which ran through Wednesday, and drew in hundreds of thousands of local residents with priority access.

The EV5 is about the size of Kia’s best-selling Sportage SUV and the Tesla Model Y. After opening orders in Europe and Canada, Kia’s mid-size electric SUV was spotted testing in the US again, but this one is different. more…

Despite decades of technological progress, robots still can’t move as smoothly as humans – they drop objects, and struggle to pick them up properly. Scientists have been trying to teach robots to move with the same precision as humans, but hand movement is more complex than it might seem at first glance. Even a simple action, like holding and scrolling your phone, uses dozens of small muscles, joints, and over 100 tendons and ligaments working together.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, EngineeringTags: MIT, Remote Control, Ultrasound, Hand

In a study published in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Nagoya University researchers demonstrated that native soil bacteria, when treated with decoy molecules, can degrade non-native compounds, including persistent pollutants such as dioxins, without genetic modification. "In other words, we can effectively give these bacteria capabilities they do not naturally have, while keeping them in their original state," said Professor Osami Shoji, the study's lead author.

The husband-and-wife duo bought the Grand Dairy Building on Ludlow Street for $3.9 million last month.