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 E-Mail DURHAM, N.C. - A digital app successfully detected one of the telltale characteristics of autism in young children, suggesting the technology could one day become an inexpensive and scalable early screening tool, researchers at Duke University report. The research team created the app to assess the eye gaze patterns of children while they watched short, strategically designed movies on an iPhone or iPad, then applied computer vision and machine learning to determine whether the child w...

Autism develops differently in girls than boys, new research suggests Published Tuesday, Apr. 20, 2021, 8:24 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com New research has shed light on how autism-spectrum disorder manifests in the brains of girls, prompting the scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted primarily in boys s...

 E-Mail IMAGE: A team led by Kevin Pelphrey, PhD, a top autism expert at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, discovered that there is a significant difference in the genes and... view more  Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research has shed light on how autism-spectrum disorder (ASD) manifests in the brains of girls, prompting the scientists to warn that conclusions drawn from studies conducted primarily in boys should not be assumed to hold true for girls. The...

  “Not only does God play dice but… he sometimes throws them where they cannot be seen,” said Stephen Hawking about the paradoxical physics of black Holes. Welcome to the bizarre quantum world of “strange metals” –a new state of matter. Share Remarkable Properties with Black Holes “The fact that we call them strange metals should tell you how well we understand them. Strange metals share remarkable properties with black holes, opening exciting new directions for theoretical physi...

The Story Collider Names New Executive Director and Establishes Science Communication Fellowship The Story Collider finds, develops, and shares true personal stories about science, with the goal of revealing that it’s a vibrant part of our lives.by BWW News Desk The Story Collider has announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed longtime Artistic Director Erin Barker as Executive Director, effective July 1, 2021. Barkers portfolio will continue to include artistic leadership of ...

roceeds from May 6 Virtual Event to Benefit Student Scholarships at Stony Brook University The Stony Brook Foundation will raise critical funds for student scholarships at its 22nd Annual Stars of Stony Brook Gala held virtually on Thursday, May 6, 2021.  As a special feature of this year’s program, renowned actor Alan Alda, co-founder of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and 2013 Gala honoree, will introduce guests to Stony Brook University’s new president, Maurie McInnis. Du...

Loading video... VIDEO: Experiments on a network with two loops, the lower subject to oscillations that mimic breathing and the upper developing one-way flow. view more  Credit: NYUs Applied Mathematics Laboratory Birds breathe with greater efficiency than humans due to the structure of their lungs--looped airways that facilitate air flows that go in one direction--a team of researchers has found through a series of lab experiments and simulations. The findings will appear Fri., March 1...

Credits: Image: iStockphoto Next image The world’s oceans are a vast repository for gases including ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. They absorb these gases from the atmosphere and draw them down to the deep, where they can remain sequestered for centuries and more. Marine CFCs have long been used as tracers to study ocean currents, but their impact on atmospheric concentrations was assumed to be negligible. Now, MIT researchers have found the oc...

Mathematics for a Better World, UNESCO marks International Day of Mathematics, 14 March 12/03/2021 Share this article 14 March, proclaimed by UNESCO as International Day of Mathematics (IDM), will be held under the theme “Mathematics for a Better World". Celebrating the beauty and relevance of mathematics, the Day highlights the essential role played by this discipline in reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Organized by the International Mathematics Unio...

Date Time Mathematics for a Better World, UNESCO marks International Day of Mathematics 14 March, proclaimed by UNESCO as International Day of Mathematics (IDM), will be held under the theme “Mathematics for a Better World“. Celebrating the beauty and relevance of mathematics, the Day highlights the essential role played by this discipline in reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Organized by the International Mathematics Union, IDM will feature a mixture of virtual and...