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A handy lesson about pain and the brain in stroke survivors

Dec 13, 2022

13 December 2022A world-first study of stroke survivors shows how chronic pain can alter body perception, with the brain tricking patients into believing their affected hand is a different size,...

Kanye West Named 'Antisemite of the Year' by Watchdog Group

Dec 12, 2022

Kanye West may never win another music-related award again, but there's one group that's honoring him with a not-so-flattering title ... "Antisemite of the Year." After several weeks and nearly...

UniSA a shining light in $100m BRIGHT beamlines partnership

Dec 12, 2022

The University of South Australia now has access to the Australian Synchrotron’s $100 million BRIGHT beamlines after signing a funding partnership with the Melbourne-based scientific research facility. The event, attended...

The potential—and pitfalls—of blockchain technology

Dec 12, 2022

Pinkard, who is president and co-founder of Pinkard Properties and a fourth-generation commercial real estate professional, sees blockchain as a game-changer for real estate. Nakamoto has been silent ever since,...

World-first project to ‘self heal’ cracked concrete using sludge could save $1.4 billion repair bill to Australia’s sewer pipes

Dec 12, 2022

12 December 2022Water treatment sludge could be used to prevent 117,000 kilometres of sewer pipes in Australia from cracking in future, without any intervention by humans, helping to save $1.4...

Holding space for tough topics

Dec 10, 2022

Birnbaum is the Class of 1956 Career Development Professor and an associate professor of biological engineering at MIT. Encouraging student growthGraduate school is first and foremost a learning opportunity, and...

Archive shows how fentanyl promotion helped drive opioid epidemic

Dec 10, 2022

Alexander has served as a paid plaintiff's expert in federal and state opioid litigation. The Opioid Industry Documents Archive was launched by UCSF and Johns Hopkins in March 2021 as...

Webb telescope reaches new milestone in its search for distant galaxies

Dec 10, 2022

An international team of astronomers, including scientists at the Universities of Cambridge, Hertfordshire and Oxford, has reported the discovery of the earliest galaxies ever confirmed in our Universe. Images from...

Three MIT seniors win 2024 Schwarzman Scholarships

Dec 10, 2022

Three MIT seniors — Sara V. Fernandez, Amanda Hu, and Brigette Wang — have been named 2024 Schwarzman Scholars and will join the program’s eighth cohort, consisting of 151 scholars...

Biden approval rating on Main Street rises for first time in presidency

Dec 10, 2022

Carlo Allegri | ReutersIt may not have increased by much, and it's rising from an all-time low, but for the first time during his presidency, Joe Biden's approval rating on...