Time and again, studies show that people are not good at consistently taking medication, following health care plans, or regularly recording health information, even when our doctor tells us to. And that’s a big problem in health care. In fact, the World Health Organization says that getting people to adhere to medical interventions could have a […]
There’s an easy way to electrically stimulate the brain that has become popular with researchers, DIY communities, and startups. This technique, called transcranial electrical stimulation, simply uses electrodes that are stuck to the scalp, with no brain surgery required. One company claims transcranial electrical stimulation can cure depression. Another says it will give Olympic athletes an […]
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Image: University of California, San Diego Snakes in a Brain: Shape-memory alloy microelectrodes would be programmed to bend their way around the brain’s blood vessels. Getting neurons to communicate with electronics has always been hard—hard on the neurons, that is. Arrays of rigid metal electrodes implanted in the brain pierce blood vessels and dislodge support […]
Tech Insider Webinar: Flash DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry) Revolutionizes Rapid-Scanning DSC Wed, 16 Jan 2019 – 10:00 ET / 7:00 PT / 15:00 GMT (Now available on demand) Duration: 60 min. Flash DSC is a novel technique, a quantum leap in DSC technology that opens up new frontiers. The new Flash DSC 2 revolutionizes rapid-scanning […]
Research conducted by biological forensic scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) and the University of South Florida (USF) has uncovered “serious problems” in a recently released forensic software application available online called DXAGE, which is supposed to predict the age at death of skeletal remains based on bone mineral density. The study, published in the Journal of […]
A movie montage for modern artificial intelligence might show a computer playing millions of games of chess or Go against itself to learn how to win. Now, researchers are exploring how the reinforcement learning technique that helped DeepMind’s AlphaZero conquer chess and Go could tackle an even more complex task—training a robotic knee to help amputees walk smoothly.
.article-detail .listicle li h3, .article-detail .listicle li .listicle-item-hed { color: #000000; } Electricity helps the heart beat, the muscles twitch, and the body communicate with the brain. Now scientists are increasingly using electricity to promote healing. Unlike previous inventions that were often quite bulky, new “electroceutical” devices are easier to wear, and some can even […]
A woman with a fear of spiders sits in a chair wearing a virtual reality headset. She watches 3D video footage of a tarantula walking over what seems like her hand. Then the spider creeps toward her face. She watches the 5-minute video six times. It sounds like torture, but the video is supposed to help. The idea is […]
Three-dimensional bioprinting—building tissues by putting down layers of cells and other materials—has led to the manufacturing of human tissues including corneas, skin, and blood vessels. Now, a team at the University of California, San Diego, is raising the bar. In a paper published this week in the journal Nature Medicine, they describe a 3D-printed spinal cord implant […]