Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA - Generosity Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s [SciTechDaily, July 2022]

Title:

Generosity Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s

 

By:

Keck School of Medicine at University of Southern California (USC), USA 

Published:

SciTechDaily, 19 July 2022

https://scitechdaily.com/generosity-could-be-an-early-sign-of-alzheimers/

 

From the article:

Researchers are attempting to identify those who are most vulnerable to financial exploitation in order to help protect older adults. Recent research from the Keck School of Medicine at USC suggests a connection between financial generosity and the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. These results were recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

 

University of Southern California (USC) - Ancient teeth from Peru hint now-extinct monkeys crossed Atlantic from Africa

Title:
Ancient teeth from Peru hint now-extinct monkeys crossed Atlantic from Africa

By:
Keck School of Medicine

Published:
Phys.org, 9 April 2020

From the article:
"Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa, according to new USC research just published in the journal Science."

To read this article:
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-ancient-teeth-peru-hint-now-extinct.html

University of Southern California (2020) - Advanced series of more robust drones are teaching themselves how to fly

Title:
Advanced series of more robust drones are teaching themselves how to fly

Author:
Caitlin Dawson

Published:
TechXplore, 13 March 2020

From the article:
"At the USC Viterbi School of Engineering's Department of Computer Science, researchers have created artificially intelligent drones that can quickly recover when pushed, kicked or when colliding with an object. The autonomous drone "learns" how to recover from a slew of challenging situations thrown at it during a simulation process."

To read this article:
https://techxplore.com/news/2020-03-advanced-series-robust-drones.html