How does Alzheimer’s disease affect the human brain
C Credit: Epainassist.com MIT researchers have performed the first comprehensive analysis of the genes that are expressed in individual brain
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Why do you love coffee
Why do you swig bitter, dark roast coffee while your coworker guzzles sweet cola? Scientists searched for variations in our
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New device could help regrow damaged body tissue
Doctoral student Mohamed Gamal uses a newly developed cell encapsulation device. Credit: Nathan Skolski, UBC Okanagan A simple injection that
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Consuming garlic could reduce aging-related memory problems
Credit: Medical express Consuming garlic helps counteract age-related changes in gut bacteria associated with memory problems, according to a new
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Electrostimulation can improve the working memory of people in their 70s
In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Neuroscience, Rob Reinhart, an assistant professor of psychological and brain sciences at Boston
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New micro-robots, can break apart and remove dental biofilm, or plaque, from a tooth.
With a precise, controlled movement, microrobots cleared a glass plate of a biofilm, as shown in this time-lapse image. Credit:
Read moreBlocking protein’s activity could restore cognition
Credit: © Stamford University By blocking a protein’s activity with antibodies, Stanford University School of Medicine investigators were able to
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New brain-machine interface can generate natural-sounding synthetic speech using brain activity
Credit: Psychologytoday The new system being developed demonstrates that it is possible to create a synthesized version of a person’s voice
Read moreCold plasma: The apocalypse of dangerous airborne viruses
Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Herek Clack (left) and members of his team set up a lab-scale non-thermal plasma device
Read moreComputer scientists design DNA molecules that can carry out reprogrammable computations
Artist’s representation of a DNA computing system. Credit: Caltech Computer scientists at Caltech have designed DNA molecules that can carry
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