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New research from the University of Maryland Population Research Center(MPRC), published in Birth, investigates the rapidly increasing rate of maternal mortality—the death of a woman during or soon after pregnancy—in Texas in recent years. Researchers discovered an 87 percent increase in maternal deaths in Texas when comparing data from 2011-2015 with 2006-2010, but say some of the spike is…

UT Provides Better Insight into Post-Stroke Movement Quality

After a stroke, patients struggle with various physical impairments that do not always disappear after intensive training and rehabilitation therapy.

Doctors like to evaluate the quality of daily life movements of these patients on a day-to-day basis. A European research team headed by the University of Twentehas developed a measurement system to aid doctors in this task.  The system consists of…

A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers has created the most functional flexible transistor in the world — and with it, a fast, simple and inexpensive fabrication process that’s easily scalable to the commercial level.

It’s an advancethat could open the door to an increasingly interconnected world, enabling manufacturers to add “smart,” wireless capabilities to any number of large or…

Guess Who? Facial Expressions Can Cause Confusion

In fact, these differences can mean you look like a different person from one photo to the next, to those that don’t know you.

Research has shown when photos of an individual’s face are judged too dissimilar to go together, people will tend to think they show several different identities.

Scientists from the University of Bristoltested this concept further by exploring what happens when the…

The Evolutionary Origin of Intestines and Muscles

Human and animal bodies consist of a variety of tissues and organs, such as intestines, skin, nervous system and musculature. Interestingly, all these tissues are derived from one of the three “germinal leaves”, which are applied very early in embryonic development by invagination processes. According to the “Keimblatttheorie” skin and nervous system arise from the external ectoderm, the…

Your Child May Be More Innovative than You Realise

Children may have a greater understanding of how to innovate and problem solve than previously realised.

A study led by University of Queensland School of Psychologyresearcher Karri Neldner looked at children’s ability to innovate with tools, and the creativity associated with developing new tools to solve problems.

“Kids, aged three to five, had a greater understanding of how to use novelitems…