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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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Magnetic resonance is one of the most commonly used medical techniques in modern hospitals, helping physicians diagnose conditions that would otherwise remain hidden even to the most well-prepared experts. First-stage cancers and tumors, in the body or in the brain are all revealed by MRI, and a spin-off of the techn... |
27 March 2009
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Those players who are engaged in multiplayer matches against human opponents seem to develop limited mind reading ability shows a new study. Scientists have proven, using MRI, that different areas of the brain are activated when playing games against a computer than when playing against human opponents.The game the s... |
10 February 2009
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A new scientific study proves that video gamers who crave to play their favorite game exhibit about the same symptoms, neurologically speaking, as drug addicts looking to score their next dose. The same areas of the brain lit up, when MRI imaging was used on a few “game addicts,” whereas in the control gr... |
19 December 2008
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Reading the minds of others is a dream that most of us had at least once in their lifetime, and for good reason – things would be a lot simpler if we only knew what and what not to say to a person, or how to behave so as to make a positive impression. Currently, researchers in Japan are perfecting a technology ... |
14 December 2008
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It might sound like fiction to some, but to Sylvain Martel of the NanoRobotics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal it is anything but. By using an MRI machine and specially designed software, Martel proved that it is possible to propel and control nanorobots inside the bloodstream of a living pig, bringing ... |
18 July 2008
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It is well known that MRI scanners can be currently used to probe inside the human brain, and other living beings for that matter, in order to determine the pattern of brain activity and correlate what will actions the respective being is performing at a given moment. However, scientists want more than the identifica... |
6 March 2008
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The brain may be an elastic organ, but once the skull is opened, it's not longer floating in the protective bath of cerebrospinal fluid, and gravity forces and atmospheric pressures change its shape, but also the location of the tumor(s) to be removed. The preoperative MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is no lon... |
10 September 2007
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