Zihao Dong, a Northeastern doctorate student, tested the algorithm on Northeastern’s Agile X Scout Mini mobile robot. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Delivery robots made by companies such as Starship Technologies…
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The Women’s Health Initiative has shaped women’s health for over 30 years, but its future is uncertain
Women make up more than 50% of the population, yet before the 1990s they were largely excluded from health and medical research studies. To try to help correct this imbalance,…
Children in military families face unique psychological challenges, and the barriers to getting help add to the strain
“When one person joins the military, the whole family serves.” The origin of this statement is unknown, but it captures the reality that military families confront in 2025. One member’s…
NASA just got the Orion spacecraft that will fly astronauts around the moon on Artemis 2 in 2026
The next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon has been delivered to the only space agency on Earth to ever successfully fly astronauts to our nearest celestial neighbor. Orion,…
Medicaid unwinding disrupted kids’ and young adults’ access to chronic disease medicine, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Children and young adults with depression, schizophrenia, ADHD, asthma and epilepsy can get great relief from medications to control their symptoms, helping them stay in school…
Tea bags have more than just tea leaves in them. Nanoplastics are common and persistent
Plastic waste contamination represents a critical environmental challenge with growing implications for future generations, However, the health risks associated with this contamination remain the lack of information. Food packaging, however,…
Traces of Gloucester’s Roman past revealed in new findings
Archaeologists from Cotswold Archaeology have uncovered significant Roman remains during investigations at the Centre Severn development site in Barnwood, a suburb of Gloucester, England. Located beside the Horsbere Brook, a…
Zinc-transporting protein contributes to aggressive growth of brain tumor, researchers find
Credit: Anna Shvets from Pexels In a study published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of Oklahoma researchers detail their discoveries about why the brain…
Study tells of family’s terrifying final moments at Roman Pompeii
A new study published in the E-Journal of the Pompeii Excavations sheds light on the final moments of a family living in Pompeii during the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius.…
Is the UK’s energy storage growing fast enough?
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Britain’s booming green energy generation has a costly side-effect: the national electricity system operator has had to compensate wind turbine operators that could have produced more…
