Breakthrough Study Reveals Biological Basis for Sensory Processing Disorders...
Sensory processing disorders (SPD) are more prevalent in children than autism and as common as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, yet it receives far less attention partly because it's never...
View ArticleNew 3D printing techniques raise potential of free-standing metal structures
3D printing has started to involve everything from custom plastic casts toduck's feet. Now, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a 3D printing technique that can create a...
View Article5D nanostructured quartz glass optical memory could provide ‘unlimited’ data...
University of Southampton and Eindhoven University of Technology.scientists have developed a new technology that could store vast quantities of information — 360 TB on a disc, about 100 times more than...
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CMU's snake robot explores defunct nuclear power plant
Several snake-like robots have been developed around the world, and while we keep hearing about their potential applications few have managed to slither outside of their research labs. Earlier this...
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DARPA's Newest Robot Is The Coolest And Most Terrifying Creation Yet
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has been working on robots for a long time, but this latest one is a both a healthy dose of scary and cool. Here are the stats on the robot: — Near-human...
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Maintaining Physical Continuity While Achieving Digital Immortality
During our current technological age of the 21st century, topics like robotics, AI, mind uploading, and indefinite life extension are no longer topics of science-fiction, but rather of science-facts...
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Device Trains Blind People To 'See' By Listening
Researchers have found that newly blind people can learn to "see" with their ears. The key: technology called sensory substitution devices (SSDs) that can convert visual stimuli into aural...
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Researchers regenerate retina in mice using neuronal reprogramming
Researchers from the Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have discovered a pathway that triggers the reprogramming and regeneration of retinal neurons in the eye. The work, published on...
View ArticleThe Artificial Heart Is Getting a Bovine Boost
Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series of studies showing that it may be possible to treat genetic...
View ArticleUndiagnosed Pre-Diabetes Highly Prevalent in Early Alzheimer's Disease Study
When Georgetown University neurologist R. Scott Turner, MD, PhD, began enrolling people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease into a nationwide study last year, he expected to find only a handful...
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Naro-nanin educational robot fish takes a dip
A new breed of robot fish that is both relatively inexpensive and highly customizable is teaching students between the ages of 10 and 18 about technology and biology. It's the latest in a line of...
View ArticleVirtual avatar lets you experience being a 4-year-old
Think you're all grown up? Placing yourself in the virtual body of a 4-year-old will send you right back to your halcyon days. Mel Slater of the University of Barcelona in Spain and colleagues put 30...
View ArticleFear Factor: Missing Brain Enzyme Leads to Abnormal Levels of Fear in Mice,...
A little bit of learned fear is a good thing, keeping us from making risky, stupid decisions or falling over and over again into the same trap. But new research from neuroscientists and molecular...
View ArticleGenetic Changes That May Contribute to the Onset of Schizophrenia Identified
Scientists from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have discovered rare genetic changes that may be responsible for the onset of schizophrenia. Several of these same genetic lesions had...
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New mode of cellular communication discovered in the brain
Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have discovered a new form of communication between different cell types in the brain. Nerve cells interact with neighboring glial cells, which...
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Esa test opens way to UK spaceplane engine investment
The UK government has announced plans to invest in the development of an air-breathing rocket engine – intended for a single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane – following the ESA-managed feasibility testing of...
View ArticleNew 3D brain map 50 times more detailed than previous maps
A better understanding of the brain may help us better understand thought, behavior and neurological disorders. An improved tool to facilitate this—a new 3D map of the human brain—has recently been...
View ArticleNeuroscience: Solving the brain
When neurobiologist Bill Newsome got a phone call from Francis Collins in March, his first reaction was one of dismay. The director of the US National Institutes of Health had contacted him out of the...
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Startup Spotlight: Prensilia Developing Robot Hands for Research, Prosthetics
Researchers have long been trying to build robotic hands that mimic the extraordinary capabilities of the human hand. The goal has been a device with size and weight similar to our own hands, capable...
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Self-assembling multi-copter demonstrates networked flight control
Researchers at ETH Zurich have demonstrated an amazing capability for small robots to self-assemble and take to the air as a multi-rotor helicopter. Maximilian Kriegleder and Raymond Oung worked with...
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