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Researchers have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning called FluSense which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then analyze the data to directly monitor flu-like illnesses and influenza trends.

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High speed microscope capture millisecond electrical changes in neurons in the cortex of an alert mouse

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University of California, Berkeley, investigators have built a camera: a microscope that can image the brain of an alert mouse 1,000 times a second, recording for the first time the passage of millisecond electrical pulses through neurons.

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Science develops a new method of recording brain activity accurately

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A new method to accurately record brain activity at scale has been developed. The technique could lead to new medical devices to help amputees, people with paralysis or people with neurological conditions such as motor neuron disease.

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Science develops a method to genetically reprogram cells to build artificial structures

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Stanford researchers have developed a technique that reprograms cells to use synthetic materials, provided by the scientists, to build artificial structures able to carry out functions inside the body.

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits to be developed using SFU-invented RNA imaging technology

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Researchers will make use of a pioneering imaging technology called Mango, for its bright color to develop coronavirus (COVID-19) testing kits. The research involves using Mango to detect individual molecules of RNA within a living cell.

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Could our computer think like us or understand us in the nearest future?

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Ever wish your computer could think like you do or perhaps even understand you? That future may not be now, but it’s one step closer, thanks to scientists and engineers and their recent discovery

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Science suggests our brains use distinct firing patterns to store and replay memories

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In a study of epilepsy patients, researchers monitored the electrical activity of thousands of individual brain cells, called neurons, as patients took memory tests.

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Deep-learning model identifies a new powerful antibiotic drug

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Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a powerful new antibiotic compound. In laboratory tests, the drug killed many of the world’s most problematic disease-causing bacteria, including some strains that are resistant to all known antibiotics. It also cleared infections in two different mouse models.

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3D-printed titanium limbs helped a frostbitten cat get back on her feet.

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A female cat in Russia that lost all four of her paws to frostbite can walk, run and even climb stairs again, thanks to the veterinarians who replaced her missing limbs with 3D-printed prosthetics made from titanium.

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High-tech printing may help eliminate painful shots

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With 4D printing, Rutgers engineers have created tiny needles that mimic parasites that attach to tissues and could replace hypodermic needles

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Portable AI device turns coughing sounds into health data for flu and pandemic forecasting