Cyclical variations in the size of brain wave rhythms may participate in the encoding of information by the brain, according to a new study led by Colin Molter of the Neuroinformatics Japan Center, RIKEN Brain Science Institute.
Feb 8, 2013
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Siemens will install three powerful, high-field magnetic resonance tomographs (MRT) at the University of Maastricht, The Netherlands, and thus provide entirely new insights into the human brain. The MRTs are to be dedicated ...
May 13, 2011
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A new study has found that children from poorer or more densely populated neighborhoods were more likely to develop asthma and that Black and Hispanic children had more asthma in neighborhoods of all income levels. The study, ...
Jun 20, 2022
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One of the greatest challenges of engineering, science and medicine is to understand the brain, which is the most complex organ and system known to humans.
Jun 2, 2016
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Researchers from Norway and the United Kingdom have developed a new instrument to measure work addiction: The Bergen Work Addiction Scale. The new instrument is based on core elements of addiction that are recognised as diagnostic ...
Apr 23, 2012
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A new COVID-19 antibody blood test developed by Northwestern University scientists requires only a single drop of blood self-collected at home. It could generate estimates of herd immunity, measure vaccine effectiveness in ...
Mar 22, 2021
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Scientists of the Human Brain Project have developed a computational tool to locate the areas in a patient's brain where epilepsy seizures emerge. Now, the team is using EBRAINS to further boost the accuracy with high resolution ...
Feb 19, 2021
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Mucus coats our airways' internal surfaces. The viscous gel humidifies the lungs and prevents viruses and other small particles like diesel soot from entering the body unchecked. Previously unclear was the extent to which ...
Oct 23, 2012
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What happens below the cellular level when the heart contracts and relaxes has long been unexplored. Thanks to new ultra-high-resolution electron microscopy techniques, scientists can now watch the heart beating at almost ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Prions are misfolded proteins. The complex three-dimensional structure of a prion's progenitor protein becomes altered, somehow causing it to malfunction. Worse, the malformation of these progenitor proteins into prions causes ...
Nov 30, 2016
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