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Brain-machine interface to control prosthetic hand
A research team from the University of Houston has created an algorithm that allowed a man to grasp a bottle...
‘Chemo brain’ is real, say UBC researchers
UBC research shows that chemotherapy can lead to excessive mind wandering and an inability to concentrate. Dubbed 'chemo-brain,' the negative...
Dead feeder cells support stem cell growth
Stem cells naturally cling to feeder cells as they grow in petri dishes. Scientists have thought for years that this...
4-D printing
4D printing is unfolding as technology that takes 3D printing to an entirely new level.The fourth dimension is time, shape...
An end to cancer pain?
A new study led by University of Toronto researcher Dr. David Lam has discovered the trigger behind the most severe...
How the Brain Transforms Sound
Study captures how 2 brain systems in mammals cooperate to capture sounds and process information. When people hear the sound...
World’s first genetic modification of human embryos reported
Chinese scientists say they've genetically modified human embryos for the very first time. The team attempted to modify the gene...
New insight into how brain makes memories
Every time you make a memory, somewhere in your brain a tiny filament reaches out from one neuron and forms...
Beyond genes: are centrioles carriers of biological information?
EPFL scientists discover that certain cell structures, the centrioles, could act as information carriers throughout cell generations. The discovery raises...
Music Activates Genes for Brain Function
Although music perception and practice are well preserved in human evolution, the biological determinants of music practice are largely unknown....
Carbon nanotube fibers make superior links to brain
Carbon nanotube fibers invented at Rice University may provide the best way to communicate directly with the brain. The fibers...
Common Bacteria Poised to Become Superbugs
Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread globally among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections in hospital settings, according...
Study announces a durable vaccine for Ebola
A new study shows the durability of a novel ‘disseminating’ cytomegalovirus (CMV)-based Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus; EBOV) vaccine strategy that...
Prices of cancer drugs have soared since 1995
The prices of leading cancer drugs have risen at rates far outstripping inflation over the last two decades, according to...
After learning new words, brain sees them as pictures
When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing...
Is blood really thicker than water?
A duel between mathematical models supports the reigning theory of the genetics of altruism It isn’t that often that a...
Ovarian Cancer: Predicting Response to Chemo
Queen’s University cancer researcher Madhuri Koti has discovered a biomarker that will help lead to better predictions of the success...
Scientists coax stem cells to form 3-D mini lungs
Human lung organoids may help scientists learn more about lung diseases, test new drugs The panel on the left is...
Artificial Hand: Sensitive Touch
Artificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart metal wires Engineers at Saarland University have taken...
Brain tumor cells decimated by mitochondrial ‘smart bomb’
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has passed early...
