Multiple Sclerosis Research Could Help Repair Damage Affecting Nerves
Multiple sclerosis treatments that repair damage to the brain could be developed thanks to new research. A study has shed light on how cells are able to regenerate protective sheaths around nerve...
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11,000-electrode reprogrammable chip takes brain-computer interfaces to a new...
The ability to dynamically reconfigure hardware components has become critical to many computing systems. For example, to maintain optimal performance when the protocols, data rates, or physical medium...
View ArticleNano drug crosses blood-brain tumor barrier, targets brain tumors
An experimental drug called SapC-DOPS, in early development for aggressive brain tumors, can cross the blood-brain barrier. There, it can kill tumor cells and block the growth of tumor blood vessels,...
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Interactive electronic skin lights up when touched
The stereotype of the clumsy robot may soon become a thing of the past thanks to ongoing research at the University of California, Berkeley, where a team of engineers has created a thin and interactive...
View ArticleMicrochips That Mimic the Brain: Novel Microchips Imitate the Brain's...
Novel microchips imitate the brain's information processing in real time. Neuroinformatics researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich together with colleagues from the EU and US...
View ArticleMultiple Sclerosis Research Could Help Repair Damage Affecting Nerves
Multiple sclerosis treatments that repair damage to the brain could be developed thanks to new research. A study has shed light on how cells are able to regenerate protective sheaths around nerve...
View ArticleResearchers Successfully Implant Mice With False Memories
Call it cool or just plain creepy: Memory researchers from U.S. and Japan have, for the first time, implanted false memories into a lab animal. The researchers made mice believe that they had once...
View ArticleRHex Does Parkour All Over UPenn
One of the most vertically exciting papers presented at ICRA this year was "Toward a Vocabulary of Legged Leaping," by Aaron M. Johnson and D. E. Koditschek from the University of Pennsylvania's...
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New Tactile Sensor Is Lighter Than A Feather
Researchers at the Someya-Sekitani Lab in Japan have engineered tactile sensors that can be bent, twisted, crumpled, submerged in liquid, stretched, and more--and they're lighter than a feather....
View ArticleSudden Decline in Testosterone May Cause Parkinson's Disease Symptoms in Men
The results of a new study by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center show that a sudden decrease of testosterone, the male sex hormone, may cause Parkinson's like symptoms in male...
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Prototype drone aircraft crawls on land using only its wings
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a remarkable drone aircraft that can also walk on land using only its wings for locomotion. Named DALER, a...
View ArticleQuantum boost for artificial intelligence
Quantum computers of the future will have the potential to give artificial intelligence a major boost, a series of studies suggests. These computers, which encode information in 'fuzzy' quantum states...
View ArticleLife-sized, human holograms could soon grace your living room
Whether it was Princess Leia or the shark from Back to the Future 2, there was likely a movie moment that made you wish holograms were not only real, but that you could have one. And while hologram...
View ArticleExercise May Be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease
New research out of the University of Maryland School of Public Health shows that exercise may improve cognitive function in those at risk for Alzheimer's by improving the efficiency of brain activity...
View ArticleSilk brain implants could stop epilepsy from progressing
The group of neurological disorders known as epilepsy not only cause disruptive, alarming seizures, but those seizures also tend to increase in frequency and severity over time. While the majority of...
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Bionic contact lenses turn touch into vision
Much in the way Braille allows people who are blind to “see” the written word, a bionic contact lens invented by Israeli researcher Prof. Zeev Zalevsky “presses” images onto the surface of the eye to...
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Six-legged robot loses a leg, thinks about it, trundles on regardless
What good is a robot if, when left to its own devices, it breaks down at the first sign of trouble? What if that robot has been sent off to some inhospitable place where rescue is impossible, much less...
View ArticlePsychotherapy via Internet found as good as or better than face-to-face
Online psychotherapy is just as efficient as conventional therapy, University of Zurich clinical researchers havefound in a study of online psychotherapy vs. conventional face-to-face therapy. And...
View ArticleCellular mechanisms for attention in the brain found
The ability to pay attention to relevant information while ignoring distractions is a core brain function. Without the ability to focus and filter out “noise,” we could not effectively interact with...
View ArticleDARPA to Genetically Engineer Humans by Adding a 47th Chromosome
In that 1997 film, society is structured around eugenics as people are bioengineered to be ‘perfect specimens’, and one’s entire life and position in the world is based on their genetics. Those...
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