Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech
In a scientific first, Columbia neuroengineers have created a system that translates thought into intelligible, recognizable speech. By monitoring someone’s…
Converting Wi-Fi signals to electricity with new 2-D materials
Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have…
Learning new vocabulary during deep sleep
Researchers of the University of Bern, Switzerland, showed that we can acquire the vocabulary of a new language during distinct…
Mapping the brain at high resolution
1 1ShareResearchers have developed a new way to image the brain with unprecedented resolution and speed. Using this approach, they…
Researchers discover the brain cells that make pain unpleasant
Pain sensation and the emotional experience of pain are not the same, and now, in mice, scientists at Stanford have…
Engineers create an inhalable form of messenger RNA
Messenger RNA, which can induce cells to produce therapeutic proteins, holds great promise for treating a variety of diseases. The…
Excessive social media use is comparable to drug addiction
Bad decision-making is a trait oftentimes associated with drug addicts and pathological gamblers, but what about people who excessively use…
Gut microbiome protects against acute arsenic toxicity
BOZEMAN — Research conducted at Montana State University shows that microbes in the human gut play an important role in…
Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new standard treatment for neurological disorders
A new neurostimulator developed by engineers at UC Berkeley can listen to and stimulate electric current in the brain at…
Study shows benefits of sex for older adults
Sexual activity gives both sexes a boost, but intercourse is more important for older men, according to a new study…
Bees can count with just four nerve cells in their brains
Bees can solve seemingly clever counting tasks with very small numbers of nerve cells in their brains, according to researchers…
HIV vaccine protects non-human primates from infection
LA JOLLA, CA – For more than 20 years, scientists at Scripps Research have chipped away at the challenges of…
Ingestible capsule can be controlled wirelessly
Researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using Bluetooth…
Stanford researcher deciphers flows that help bacteria feed and organize biofilms
Under threat of being scrubbed away with disinfectant, individual bacteria can improve their odds of survival by joining together to…
Researchers use zinc to target insulin-producing cells with regenerative drug
To treat diabetes directly, rather than manage its symptoms, doctors need a way to get drugs to cells that produce…
First baby born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor
1 1ShareCurrently, uterus donation is only available for women with family members who are willing to donate. With live donors…
Can Stimulating the Brain Treat Chronic Pain?
Neuroscientists and chronic pain experts at the UNC School of Medicine used a weak alternating current of electricity to target…
Babies kicking in the womb are creating a map of their bodies
The kicks a mother feels from her unborn child may allow the baby to ‘map’ their own body and enable…
Mapping the Pathways of pain, how imaging can help
1 1ShareJermaine O’Connor has struggled with pain for as long as he can remember. The Toronto-based digital marketer often has…
Study Identifies a Genetic Driver of Deadly Prostate Cancer
1 1ShareA new study has identified a novel molecular driver of lethal prostate cancer, along with a molecule that could…
Stanford study shows regions increasingly suffer hot, dry conditions at the same time
A new study from Stanford University suggests that the kind of hot, dry conditions that can shrink crop yields, destabilize…
UC Davis Eye Center: man legally blind for 10 years restores sight
1 1Share(SACRAMENTO) —A whole new world is opening up for Dazell Mallory, 47, who was born with a very severe…
Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides puts children at risk for neurodevelopmental disorders
1 1Share(SACRAMENTO) — Public health experts have found there is sufficient evidence that prenatal exposure to widely used insecticides known…
HOW COFFEE MAY PROTECT AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S AND PARKINSON’S
1 1 2SharesCoffee is more than just a simple beverage. Around the world, many would consider coffee a ritual, an…
A new approach to detecting cancer earlier from blood tests
1 1 2Shares (TORONTO, Canada, Nov. 14, 2018) – Cancer scientists led by principal investigator Dr. Daniel De Carvalho at…
Is zinc the link to how we think? Some evidence, and a word of warning
1 1Share In biology, structure equals function. The protein machines that do virtually all of the myriad biochemical jobs within…
RESEARCHERS FIND INHIBITING ONE PROTEIN DESTROYS TOXIC CLUMPS SEEN IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE
1 1ShareWASHINGTON (November 14, 2018) — A defining feature of Parkinson’s disease is the clumps of alpha-synuclein protein that accumulate…
FDA- Losartan Latest Blood pressure Drug Recalled for possible cancer risk
1 1ShareLosartan Latest BP Drug Recalled for Contamination Nov. 13, 2018 — Yet another blood pressure drug has been recalled…
Biomarker Discovered for Most Common Form of Heart Failure
1 1Share A team led by a Cedars-Sinai physician-scientist has discovered a biomarker—a protein found in the blood—for the most…
Sudden cardiac arrest: New findings
Today, at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, the research group led by Sumeet Chugh, MD, professor of Medicine and…
Social media use increases depression and loneliness, study finds
1 1ShareMaybe a couple earlier examinations have endeavored to demonstrate that web-based social networking use hurts clients’ prosperity, and those…
‘Fortnite’ scams rampant on social media, YouTube: report
LOS ANGELES: Fortnite free V-Bucks tricks are focusing on its monstrous playerbase crosswise over internet based life and vindictive web…
Patriots Defeat Packers on SNF in Brady-Rodgers Showdown
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Turns out that the most urgent go at Gillette Stadium on Sunday night didn’t originate from the…
Michael Dertouzos: Google celebrate Computer researcher who anticipated how the web would come to completely change people
Today Google Doodle celebrates what might have been the 82nd birthday generally Greek educator Michael Dertouzos. Dertouzos was a PC…
Early Study Results Suggest Fertility APP as Effective as Modern Family Planning Methods
Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggest that typical use of a family planning app called Dot is as effective…
researchers turn plastic bottle waste into ultralight supermaterial with wide-ranging applications
World’s first PET aerogels cut plastic waste, and are suitable for heat and sound insulation, oil spill cleaning, carbon dioxide…
Halloween can be a lethal night for kids,, traffic researchers say
Halloween can be a deadly for its core constituents, a new study finds. The investigation of 42 years of National…
Mongolia frightens schools away Halloween
ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) – Mongolia has prohibited the festival of Halloween in schools this year, reflecting developing feelings of trepidation that…
What we think about the casualties of the Lion Air plane accident off Indonesia where there were ‘likely no survivors’
A plane carrying 189 people between two Indonesian cities crashed Monday morning. Lion Air Flight JT 610 was traveling from…
Max Muncy and Dodgers win in 18 innings to the Red Sox
The Dodgers starter fired a panoramic homer to open the bottom of the 18th inning to lead Los Angeles to…
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has announced she has converted to Islam
(LONDON) — Irish singer Sinead O’Connor has announced she has converted to Islam and said she has changed her name…
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD | Official Trailer 2
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD | Official Trailer 2 From DreamWorks Animation comes a surprising tale about…
Facebook mystery programming uncovers 8.7m kid misuse pictures on its stage
Facebook has said its mediators have expelled 8.7m youngster misuse pictures in the previous three months, as the organization fights…
YouTube Makes Premieres Available To Everyone
YouTube premieres is a feature that lets you and your viewers watch and experience a new video together, much like…
YouTube is investing $20M in educational content, creators
Malik Ducard, worldwide head of learning, reported the activity today. Channels like TED-Ed, committed to educational Ted Talks, and Hank…
Ex-NFL player Rae Carruth released after nearly 19 years in prison for murder plot
Previous Carolina Panthers wide collector Rae Carruth made his first strides as a liberated individual in about 19 years, leaving…
Rockets vs Lakers fight with Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo and Brandon Ingram ejected | NBA Highlights
Rockets vs Lakers fight with Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo and Brandon Ingram ejected | NBA Highlights .
FACEBOOK MESSENGER UPDATE WILL FINALLY INTRODUCE ‘UNSEND’ OPTION, AFTER ZUCKERBERG’S SECRET FEATURE WAS REVEALED
A half year after Facebook conceded CEO Mark Zuckerberg can covertly erase messages sent in private discussions, the informal organization…
FACEBOOK HACK: HOW TO FIND OUT IF YOUR DATA HAS BEEN STOLEN
Could programmers see the last companion you scanned for on Facebook, or the last eatery you ate in? As per…