STEM News from Around The World

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  Breakthrough in treating paralysis

  November 4, 2018

  Three paraplegics who sustained cervical spinal cord injuries many years ago are now able to walk with the aid of crutches or a walker thanks to new rehabilitation protocols that combine targeted electrical stimulation of [...]
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  High exposure to radio frequency radiation associated with cancer in male rats

  November 4, 2018

  The National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluded there is clear evidence that male rats exposed to high levels of radio frequency radiation (RFR) like that used in 2G and 3G cell phones developed cancerous heart tumors, [...]
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  Volunteering is linked to reduced depression via increased social connectedness

  November 1, 2018

  Psychology researchers in Ireland have shed new light on why volunteering is associated with reduced depressive symptoms. Their study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, suggests that volunteering is linked to reduced depressive [...]
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  New Therapy for Hearing Loss

  October 17, 2018

  Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore the hearing loss. In a new study, out today in the European Journal of Neuroscience, scientists have been able to regrow [...]
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  First example of a bioelectronic medicine

  October 15, 2018

  Researchers at Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine have developed the first example of a bioelectronic medicine: an implantable, biodegradable wireless device that speeds nerve regeneration and improves the healing of a damaged [...]
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  GHSCIENTIFIC RECEIVES WELLCOME FUND FOR A HISTORIC ART AND SCIENCE PROJECT.

  October 8, 2018

  GhScientifc has today announced the receipt of £87,600 from Wellcome as part of the newly launched Wellcome engagement fund. The project, “Evolution of science in Ghana (Past, Present, Future)” is a 30 months partnership project [...]