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Gamers feel the glove from Rice engineers

Student team creates feedback device for the hand for virtual environments Engineering student Kevin Gravesmill demonstrates the Hands Omni glove created at Rice University for virtual reality gaming systems at the annual Engineering Design Showcase.…

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Listen to Your Heart: Why Your Brain May…

“Listen to your heart,” sang Swedish pop group Roxette in the late Eighties. But not everyone is able to tune into their heartbeat, according to an international team of researchers – and half of us…

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NASA’s NExSS Coalition to Lead Search for Life…

[caption id="attachment_4103" align="alignnone" width="985"] The search for life beyond our solar system requires unprecedented cooperation across scientific disciplines. NASA's NExSS collaboration includes those who study Earth as a life-bearing planet (lower right), those researching the…