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Closeup of blooming sunflowers

Why do plants wiggle? New study provides answers

In a new study, researchers from the United States and Israel — including °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ computer scientist Orit Peleg — may have gotten to the bottom of a quirky behavior of growing plants and a mystery that intrigued Charles Darwin during the later decades of his life. Read more
Theodora Chaspari

AI for mental health screening may carry biases based on gender, race

Some artificial intelligence tools for health care may get confused by the ways people of different genders and races talk, according to a new study led by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ computer scientist Theodora Chaspari. Read more
Matt Davidson, a research associate in the Burdick Lab, shows off a 3D-printed material that could be used for a variety of medical applications.

A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible

A °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼-led team, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, has developed a new 3D printing method for creating material that is elastic enough to withstand a heart’s persistent beating, tough enough to endure the crushing load placed on joints and easily shapable to fit a patient’s unique defects. Read more