Month: November 2025
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Talking Audiommunity
Dr. Ackermans was recently a guest on the Audiommunity podcast! Matt Woodruff and Kevin Bonham of the Audiommunity podcast chat headbutting and neuroinflammation, in a discussion about my recent publication reviewing the history of human thought on head-hitting animals. We had a real blast! And even managed to talk about immunity a little bit! Go…
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H-eye Resolution!
Eye-pixels! They’re pixels for your eyes! Allow me to explain In a recent article in the journal Nature, researchers developed a new technology with the smallest pixels ever, in a screen that has the highest possible resolution that our eyes can perceive! The 4k vs 8k debate fans will know that in any screen,…
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Bone Drones
In an unlikely team-up, paleontologists worked with lichen and drones to find more dinos! A recent paper published in Current Biology used drones equipped with special sensors to help find dinosaur bones with the help of some friendly lichen! In the Canadian Badlands (Alberta Provence) at Dinosaur Provincial park, a research team used the properties…
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The 2025 Nobel prizes
This October the Nobel prizes were announced. These awards “confer the greatest benefit to human kind”. I broke down the three science prizes in a bit more detail. Physics Awarded to John Clarke, Michael H. Devoret, and John H. Martinis for their discovery in quantum mechanics that paved the way for cellphones and cameras. Nobels…
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Woodpecker drone
An allegedly crash-proof drone that attributes its inspiration to woodpeckers has been in the news. I specialize in woodpecker skulls and have a lot of skepticism around woodpecker biomimicry. Let’s get into it. The article “Collision-Resilient Winged Drones Enabled by Tensegrity Structures” was published in Aug 2025 in the Journal Advanced Robotics Research. This drone…
Nicole Ackermans, CVN lab 