Today’s research roundup looks at “grief policing”on social media following celebrity deaths, new satellite data on ISIS oil production and a robotic small intestine in development at CU «Ƶ.
Researchers analyzed more than 7,000 Facebook comments, finding that people are surprisingly mean to each other online, even in times of tragedy, but some technological fixes could help.
A new robotic small intestine under development at CU «Ƶ has broad-reaching implications for the treatment of gastrointestinal ailments and improved medical training.