A University of Cincinnati expert in ancient Greek wants to produce the most authentic performance of the play “Antigone” that audiences have heard in nearly 2,500 years.

Public transit operators keep cities moving, helping people get to work, attend medical appointments and access essential services. But while passenger safety is often in the spotlight, the health and well-being of drivers who spend long hours behind the wheel is frequently overlooked. That’s the issue a group of senior engineering students at Rice University set out to address. Their goal? Relieve chronic back pain and muscle fatigue from prolonged sitting using an innovative textile-based solution that doesn’t rely on electronics.

The Universitat Jaume I in Castelló and the Virgen de los Lirios Hospital of the Alcoy Health Department have signed an agreement to develop an industrial doctorate project that will evaluate the ease of use, efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction of users, healthcare professionals and carers of a device designed to facilitate female urination in the supine position.

Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability worldwide. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 15 million people suffer a stroke each year. Of these, 5 million die and another 5 million are left permanently disabled. It is also estimated that someone suffers a stroke every two seconds, and dies from it every six seconds.

A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego developed an AI tutor designed to give students an alternative to off-the-shelf AI tools, so that students not only get help but actually learn course-relevant information at the same time. The hope is that students will find this experience more fulfilling than simply relying on large language models like Google Copilot or ChatGPT.