Scientists say that the next step in modern warfare will be to augment the minds of soldiers taking the battlefield, so that they are able to interface with their weapons directly. What this means is that the warfighters will be able to use their brains to control firearms and other equipment directly. Naturally, o... |
7 February 2012
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A team of Canadian researchers found a new target for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease that affects millions of people worldwide.MS is a disease caused by damage to the protective covering wrapped around the nerves of the central nervous system (CNS), called myelin. Prior research has shown that certain white blood... |
12 January 2011
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In movies, before starting surgery, doctors' typical line is to ask anesthesiologists to 'put the patient to sleep', but actually, general anesthesia has nothing to do with sleep, being much closer to a state of coma.Luckily, a new review article appearing in the December 30 issue of New England Journa... |
30 December 2010
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A natural human protein could be a potential treatment for this fatal genetic disease, since a latest research showed that the key protein biglycan can slow down muscle damage and improve function in mice with the genetic mutation that causes muscular dystrophy.A paper published online describes the experiments carri... |
28 December 2010
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The best way to find out how do people or animals manage to focus on some sounds and ignore others, is to analyze a bat's brain, and Bridget Queenan, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Georgetown University Medical Center, was able to identify some pieces of this puzzle.Neuroscientists from the Georgetown U... |
15 November 2010
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Syracuse University professor Stephanie Ortigue, found out that falling in love is “more scientific than you think”, because it can give the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine and it also affects intellectual areas of the brain.Stephanie Ortigue is an assistant professor of psychology and an adjunct a... |
23 October 2010
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Scientists managed to trick honey bees into thinking they had traveled long distances to find food, and found out that this altered gene expression in their brains.The study used optical illusion to alter bees' perception of the flown distance, through same-length tunnels, as they discovered that vertical stripe... |
20 August 2010
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For thousands of years, philosophers and ethicists have been trying to determine precisely what is it that makes people violent. They have also attempted, some say unsuccessfully, to provide a definition of this concept, given the fact that legal decision affecting a man or woman's entire life are taken based on... |
8 June 2010
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Gambling addictions are some of the most common forms of the disorders, and they affect a relatively large proportion of the general population. But researchers have always been puzzled as to why precisely do hardcore gamblers continue to play their games even if they keep on losing, and in circumstances that would m... |
10 May 2010
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Human memory has been previously tested, but not to the extent of this experiment developed and performed by people from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). They managed to prove that the 14 people involved in the test were able to remember specific details about almost 3.000 pictures they were presented. &n... |
9 September 2008
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