Biomedical technology
Rapid 3D printing method moves toward 3D-printed organs
It looks like science fiction: A machine dips into a shallow vat of translucent yellow goo and pulls out what becomes a life-sized hand.
Mar 6, 2021
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News tagged with science fiction
Medical research
The potential of lucid dreaming and virtual reality to treat combat-related PTSD
In recent years, experts in the field of transcultural psychiatry have been trying to identify alternative approaches for treating mental health disorders that could enhance traditional Western psychotherapeutic practices. ...
Neuroscience
Brain-controlled prosthetic hand to become reality
Imagine a patient controlling the movement of his or her prosthetic limb simply by thinking of commands. It may sound like science fiction but will soon become reality thanks to the EU-funded DeTOP project. A consortium of ...
Jul 26, 2019
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Neuroscience
Another step toward creating brain-reading technology
A team of researchers at the University of California's Department of Neurological Surgery and the Center for Integrative Neuroscience in San Francisco has taken another step toward the development of a device able to read ...
Neuroscience
Engineers link brains to computers using 3-D printed implants
Linking the human brain to a computer is usually only seen in science fiction, but now an international team of engineers and neuroscientists at the University of Sheffield (UK), St Petersburg State University (Russia) and ...
Sep 22, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists transform cancer cells into weapons against cancer
Some cities fight gangs with ex-members who educate kids and starve gangs of new recruits. Stanford Medicine researchers have done something similar with cancer—altering cancer cells so that they teach the body's immune ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Could your contact lenses track, treat your diabetes?
Contact lenses may someday do more than correct poor vision, with new, preliminary research in animals suggesting they could also monitor your diabetes and deliver medications.
Apr 27, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Were infected ticks tested as a biological weapon on the US public?
The House of Representatives has instructed the Pentagon to disclose whether it used ticks to infect the American public with Lyme disease between 1950 and 1975. The allegation comes from Chris Smith, the Republican representative ...
Jul 23, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
What we know about autism—and how to treat it—could change after new UCSF study
By fusing the power of artificial intelligence with new molecular techniques that also seem ripped from science fiction, researchers at UCSF have mapped the microscopic world of autism spectrum disorder in unprecedented detail, ...
Dec 5, 2023
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Neuroscience
Inverted dancers have more acute visuomotor perception
Previous studies have determined that astronauts can judge inverted movements better than people on Earth due to the astronauts' unique visuomotor experience with inverted movements in space.
Oct 28, 2022
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Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction. It differs from fantasy in that, within the context of the story, its imaginary elements are largely possible within scientifically-established or scientifically-postulated laws of nature (though some elements in a story might still be pure imaginative speculation). Exploring the consequences of such differences is the traditional purpose of science fiction, making it a "literature of ideas". Science fiction is largely based on writing entertainingly and rationally about alternate possibilities in settings that are contrary to known reality.
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