Harvard engineers have developed Mobilio, a smartphone app that uses AI, built-in sensors and personalized audio beeps to give users with blindness or low vision continuous guidance and obstacle avoidance.

The Land Institute and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have assembled the first chromosome-scale, haplotype-phased genomes for Silphium integrifolium (rosinweed, silflower) and Silphium perfoliatum (cup plant, silphie). The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications. This landmark research promises to expand and accelerate the development of more climate-resilient, sustainable perennial crops for food, fiber, forage, and medicines.

Researchers release free future climate files for 5,000+ European locations, ready to plug into standard building simulation tools. The data allows us to design buildings for the future European climate.

The 4-week individualized, dose-controlled HD-tDCS combined with foot core exercise intervention improved sensorimotor function, reduced cortical activation during dorsi-plantarflexion tasks, and enhanced functional connectivity (FC) within related brain regions in individuals with chronic ankle instability. Lower cortical activation and higher increased related FC are associated with better ankle force sense. These findings indicated that this kind of combined intervention—simultaneously targeting cerebral cortex and peripheral ankle dysfunction—offers greater benefits than traditional functional training alone.