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Quantum computing is considered, by many, the next leap in technological advancement, so physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University have decided to team up. Hearing that researchers want to make a nanosized loudspeaker may give the wron... |
28 January 2012
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By using light and a device resembling a nanoscale loudspeaker, detecting weak electrical fields could become easier and more effective than ever, says a collaboration of international researchers. The approach could also be used to cool down electrical circuits.
What this means is that the technique could be used f... |
25 January 2012
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A group of scientists at the University of Bristol says that a series of new brain-imaging studies they conducted reveals the effects that the active chemical in magic mushrooms – psilocybin – has on the human brain.
In order to figure out how this psychedelic drug works, the team asked a number of test... |
24 January 2012
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According to researchers at the University of Leeds, it would appear that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is the best-possible medical image technique to use when investigating heart conditions. The approach works better than any other available imaging methods, especially for coronary heart disease.
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23 December 2011
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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announce the development of a series of algorithms that enables a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) machine to conduct its scans in about 15 minutes, as opposed the 45 minutes it needs to complete a scan today. Patients are nowadays asked many times to ... |
1 November 2011
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The human brain is known to take deep pleasure from caresses. Researchers can notice it light up when one person in a couple is touched by the other. A team of Swedish investigators has now determined that the reaction also ensues when people view others being caressed.Until now, experts had no idea that such a stron... |
19 October 2011
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Though past studies seemed to suggest otherwise, a collaboration of investigators determined in a recent research that the human brain indeed continues to develop well into a person's 20s. Until now, scientists widely believed that significant development stopped in adolescence.
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23 September 2011
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Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Tech (VT) recently unveiled a new nanoparticle-based compound, which they say could be used to fight brain cancer. The chemical is made up of a special type of nanoscale particles, and can be used to diagnose tumors in the human brain. After cance... |
5 August 2011
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A group of investigators at the US Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) announce the development of a new research concept, which could lead to the creation of a portable system for highly sensitive multi-dimensional chemical analysis.Creating such a system is not a ... |
7 July 2011
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Experts at the Stanford University have recently made important strides in creating a solid foundation for mind-reading technologies. The work they and collaborators at other universities carry out in the field of neural decoding is tremendously important to that end.Such investigation are conducted by placing volunt... |
19 May 2011
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According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that eliminating chronic back pain has a number of health benefits, in addition to making it easier for people to put up with their condition. Experts say that the brain itself displays less abnormalities as pain is removed.
Being constantly subjected t... |
18 May 2011
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An international team of researchers coming from universities in the US, the UK and the Netherlands, recorded footage of atomic orientation undergoing amazing levels of control.Claire Vallance of the University of Oxford, UK, along with David Parker at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and Richard Zare at... |
13 December 2010
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Harvard University investigators announce the development of a non-invasive imaging technique that can be used to capture images of living tissues at the molecular level. The group reports that it was able to observe the passing of red blood cells through the capillaries of the vascular system.The researchers made th... |
6 December 2010
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A new study conducted at UC Santa Barbara concluded that the brain has several maps in a region called the precuneus, inside the parietal lobe, and these maps are what allow people to reach for different things and plan different movements.The two scientists examined the brains of 18 individuals who made 400 differen... |
3 December 2010
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German researchers used a mobile MRI unit to follow runners over a two-month period and a 4,500 kilometers course, in order to study the way that their bodies answered to the high-stress conditions of such a long distance.The TransEurope-FootRace 2009 took place from April 19 to June 21, 2009, beginning in southern I... |
29 November 2010
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Mammography is a good way of detecting breast cancer but for women who have a personal history of the disease, it would be very wise to go to an annual MRI screening too, concluded a new study.Wendy B. DeMartini, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Washington Medical Center and... |
29 November 2010
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An expert at the Stanford University says that using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the potential to increase the efficiency of jet engines, largely by reducing the times that are needed to collect valuable measurements on the jet flow using conventional methods. Stanford PhD student in mechanical engineering L... |
22 November 2010
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As human beings, we have evolved over millions of years to show empathy to other people's suffering, and to display emotions when we witness violent behavior towards others. But constant exposure to violence may actually be desensitizing today's teens. This is the conclusion of a new scientific research, wh... |
20 October 2010
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A team of researchers recently used a form of medical imaging to gain new insight into how people and animals alike learn from their competitors, as well as from failure and successes.The investigators used Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) to look at the brain activity patterns of test subjects, as the individuals we... |
13 October 2010
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A team of medical researchers from the University of Utah – U of U, have managed to diagnose autism using a MRI scan, by analyzing the communication between the left and the right brain hemispheres.This new step could help health care providers identify autism much earlier in children, and also lead to a bette... |
13 October 2010
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A team of researchers from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces that it has just awarded a $3.3 million grant to a collaboration of researchers for improving prostate cancer imaging. The team includes researchers from the Rutgers University, the Riverside Research Institute, the Beth Israel Deaconess ... |
11 October 2010
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A team of investigators in the United States announces the development of a type of MRI that functions at unprecedented spatial and time resolutions. It can even “zoom in” on individual molecules.These improvements were made possible by chemist Alexander Pines, who holds joint appointments with the Lawren... |
8 October 2010
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Researchers at the University of California in Irvine announce the development of a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology, that allows for the observations of ballet dancers en pointe.It takes a lot of skill, effort, training and patience to reach the degree of physical performances that allows for en point... |
31 August 2010
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In a new set of scientific experiments, carried out on individuals aged between 44 and 88, it was determined that personality traits may be linked to the rate at which the brain shrinks as people get older. The correlation was never-before hinted at, and psychologists at the University of Washington in St. Louis, who... |
26 April 2010
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Researchers at the University of Lund, in Sweden, announce a major breakthrough in the field of medical observations techniques. They have devised a way of keeping track of blood flow in patients heads in real-time, a feat that will eliminate the numerous inconveniences related to already-existing imaging methods suc... |
23 March 2010
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For many years, a large number of experts have argued that repeated exposures to radiation may be be associated with an increased risk of developing cancer for the general public. The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently decided to engage in a new study that will seek to gauge this risk, based partial... |
1 February 2010
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For a long time, more than anyone cares to remember, passengers in United States airports have been forbidden to carry toothpaste, shampoo and other types of liquids aboard jets. Authorities feared that terrorists and other ill-intended people might try to sneak various compounds on air liners, and then mix these com... |
1 February 2010
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Over the past few years, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become one of the most widely used investigation techniques in medicine. Its amazing capabilities, of producing detailed, 3D images of what is going on inside the body, without actually having to use surgery to look at the organs directly, helped save many... |
22 January 2010
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Texas A&M University Mathematics Professor Peter Kuchment announces that he is working on a new way of scanning the human body, in a process that could have applications in medicine and even security. Discovering what's inside people's bodies without having to actually cut them open was hailed as one of the... |
11 January 2010
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Experts with the EUREKA project Odysseus announce that they have just finished developing a new tool aimed at making it easier for surgeons to conduct complex liver surgeries. The same method is bound to benefit the patients as well, as they ultimately stand to gain or lose from the experience, or lack thereof, of th... |
8 January 2010
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Scientists in the United Kingdom have recently demonstrated a new type of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) device in action. The technology has been around for a couple of years, but it hasn't really caught on until now, the researchers say. The MRI instrument is able to show doctors and expecting parents intima... |
1 December 2009
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Computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans have become so popular with doctors and patients since their creation, that massive volumes of data on virtually anything in the human body have been obtained. Scientists at the Iowa State University (ISU) have recently decided that the information i... |
12 November 2009
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A new scientific study has demonstrated that people engaging in complex tasks experience a significant increase in brain power, as well as a reshaping of some of the circuitry at work in the cortex. The science team, based at the Oxford University, reported the find in the latest issue of the respected journal Nature... |
12 October 2009
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) investigations are among the most widely used medical tests in the world at this point, as they can provide a clear, 3D view of what is going on inside a patient. Cancer tumors and other abnormalities inside tissues and organs can also be viewed in extensive detail, which helps in... |
10 October 2009
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As most of you know, unfurling the genetic material enclosed in each of our cells would result in a six-foot-long strand of DNA. However, inside each cell, all this information remains stored within nuclei that are less than three micrometers in diameter, less than the width of a human hair. Finding out precisely how... |
9 October 2009
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Quantum computers are currently one of the largest objectives for the electronics industry. They will be able to calculate immensely complicated codes faster and more accurately than the current technology can, as they will make use of the quantic principle of superposition. This principle dictates that a quantum bit... |
23 September 2009
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In a strange turn of events, we note that it's not the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that has the most powerful magnets, but a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine. The monstrosity is apparently able to generate a 9.4 Tesla magnetic field, and boasts a magnet that weighs 45 tons. To its praise, the LHC indeed featur... |
18 September 2009
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Spain began in 2008 the national MIND project, an initiative aimed at approaching Alzheimer's disease from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Valued at 27 million euros, it comprises some twelve biomedicine companies and their corresponding, public, research organizations, and is scheduled to last for about four ... |
17 September 2009
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The Leicester Tigers Stadium conference, to be held at the Caterpillar Stand starting the 23rd of November, will be the first in the UK to witness discussions about the use of computed tomography (CT) scans and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in conducting autopsies. Arguing the validity of this idea will be the Uni... |
17 September 2009
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Many experts believe that the average human brain starts shrinking with old age, and that the trend continues until death. But a new study comes to disagree with them, stating that, in healthy individuals, no such regression can be found, regardless of age. The same paper hints at the fact that the diminishing of the... |
15 September 2009
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According to a new report published yesterday, it would appear that a large section of the young US population, including children and teens, is overexposed to radiations, a situation that may lead to an increased number of cancer cases once they grow up. The paper shows that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, c... |
27 August 2009
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Stem cells are known among health experts for their almost limitless healing potential, but their efficacy is highly dependent on whether they can reach their destined location or not. In some forms of treatment, a large part of the cells gets lost on the way, which reduces the health benefits of the overall treatmen... |
18 August 2009
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Neurobiologists have known for a long time that new memories accumulated in the brain change the organ's very structure, causing it to change its shape in order to accumulate the knowledge. But exactly how this is done, and where new memories are stored is a puzzle. Now, a groundbreaking new study from experts a... |
13 August 2009
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Brain tumors are notoriously lethal and fast-evolving, and therefore intervening with surgery is a top priority in most medical cases. In the OR, doctors rely heavily on MRI scans and optical imaging of the affected area for their procedure, and it is therefore essential that they have the best possible data, so that... |
4 August 2009
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Ultrasound imaging has been used for quite some time now for various types of screening, but is most renowned for giving would-be mothers a view of their unborn children. Up to this point, employing it for investigation purposes has been the sole means of putting the technology to good use in the medical field, but ... |
29 July 2009
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Experts from the Harvard Medical School (HMS) Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have managed to discover a new biomarker that holds the potential to allow doctors to more accurately identify patients with recurrent glioblastoma (brain tumors), who could potentially respond to anti-vascular endothelial growth facto... |
24 June 2009
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In an effort to identify exactly how quickly alcohol acts on the human brain, scientists from the Heidelberg University Hospital, led by researcher Armin Biller, placed eight men and seven women in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine, and gave them alcohol. The participants drank from straws the equivalent of ... |
16 June 2009
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Ever since the Western world learned of the meditations performed by adepts of Eastern religions, experts have been fascinated by the influence that this religious practice has on the human brain. It would appear that, in addition to its relaxing purposes, meditation is also able to increase the size of certain brain... |
13 May 2009
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers have recently been able to identify the exact portion of the human brain that is responsible for exercising self-control, as in, for instance, when you decide to skip a fat-laden meal and to eat something healthier. Although it may seem simple to refuse at firs... |
4 May 2009
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Danish researchers from the University of Aarhus, led by expert Uffe Schjodt, found in a recent study that people praying to their gods actually show no signs of “anything mystical” in their brains while doing so. During the experiments, which involved 20 devout Christian volunteers, the subjects' br... |
13 April 2009
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