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Today, foldable phones are ubiquitous. Now, using models that predict how well a flexible electronic device will conform to spherical surfaces, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Texas at Austin engineers could usher in a new…

Peer influence is pervasive during childhood and adolescence. Conformity can foster similarity, which makes it easier to get along and reduces the risk that disagreements over dissimilarities will rupture a friendship. Seen in this light,…

As one of the four Sister Wives women announced that she planned to leave husband Kody Brown, he asked his remaining wives to “conform to patriarchy.” During Sunday’s episode of the popular long-running TLC series Sister Wives,…

Engineering researchers have invented an advanced brain-computer interface with a flexible and moldable backing and penetrating microneedles. Adding a flexible backing to this kind of brain-computer interface allows the device to more…

Researchers led by Ali Mahmoodi at the University of Freiburg in Germany have characterized brain activity that occurs when we are socially influenced to change our minds. Publishing in PLOS Biology on March 3, the study shows how the brain…