#ResearchScience #Community Democracy Does Not Work Without Mindfulness: Professor and author Dr. Jeremy David Engels explains how the foundational tenets of mindfulness practice hold the key to healing and strengthening our fractured and fragile democracy.

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#FocusAttention #MindfulnessFor #ResearchScience What Green Spaces Can Do For Your Body, Your Mind & Your Practice: More research is confirming what we know in our experience: spending more time in green spaces enhances every part of our human experience, including our practice.

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At Ohio State, the race to reshape emergency rescue tech is on

Future engineers are soaring to new heights as they design the next generation of autonomous emergency rescue vehicles. A group at The Ohio State University has created “STUART,” a Small Transportable Uncrewed Aerial Rescue Technology flight vehicle. The team — called The Sloopy Works — designed STUART as an entry for the GoAERO Prize, a...

At Ohio State, the race to reshape emergency rescue tech is on
Using moon dirt to build future lunar colonies

Simulated lunar dirt can be turned into extremely durable structures, potentially paving the way to more sustainable and cost-effective space missions, a new study suggests. Using a special laser 3D printing method, researchers melted fake lunar soil – a synthetic version of the fine dusty material on the moon surface, called regolith simulant...

Using moon dirt to build future lunar colonies
Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity

Though previous research has shown that bird populations are declining across North America, a new study is the first to show that the pace of loss has picked up speed since the mid-1980s in three regions: the Midwest, California and Mid-Atlantic states.After these hotspots of accelerated bird decline were revealed, researchers looked for factor...

Hotspots of accelerated bird decline linked to agricultural activity
A shift from the sandlot to the travel team for youth sports

Pickup basketball and neighborhood kickball are less common now than for generations past, giving way to more organized and formal youth sports intended to help kids get ahead, a new study suggests.Researchers found that compared to people born in earlier decades, youths born in the 1990s spent more of their recreational time playing formal spor...

A shift from the sandlot to the travel team for youth sports
Emotional memory region of aged brain is sensitive to processed foods

Past studies in animals have shown that a highly processed diet is linked to memory problems and inflammation in the aged brain – and the effect can happen fast, after just three days of poor eating. A new study suggests another dietary pitfall could have a similar damaging effect in a similarly short amount of time in older adults: a lack of ...

Emotional memory region of aged brain is sensitive to processed foods
Researchers find satellite data can’t forecast future tremors

Scientists have developed a method to assess whether tiny changes in Earth’s gravity can be used to predict oncoming earthquakes. Their conclusion: It can’t, which refutes a hypothesis which researchers thought would provide hope for better warnings. As one of the most mysterious of our planet’s natural disasters, earthquakes’ location a...

Researchers find satellite data can’t forecast future tremors
Researchers want a better whiff of plant-based proteins

Off-putting smells can make even the healthiest of foods unpalatable. In a new study, researchers have developed a way to remove unpleasant aromas from plant-based proteins to make them smell more appealing. They did so by designing a two-step fermentation process to counter the odors that typically form during cultivation and extraction. The st...

Researchers want a better whiff of plant-based proteins
Signal carriers from cells embedded in tissue send short-range messages

A new study may change the way scientists think about the distance traveled by tiny bubbles carrying signals between cells that are embedded in tissue. These particles, called extracellular vesicles, are known to safely carry signaling cargo as a communication method between cells in bodily fluids and within tissue, and to influence health and d...

Signal carriers from cells embedded in tissue send short-range messages