
Sensor sees nerve action as it happens
Researchers at Duke and Stanford Universities have devised a way to watch the details of neurons at work, pretty much in real time. Every second of every day, the 100 billion neurons in your brain a ... more
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New method enables biomedical imaging at one-thousandth the cost
MIT researchers have developed a biomedical imaging system that could ultimately replace a $100,000 piece of a lab equipment with components that cost just hundreds of dollars. The system uses a tec ... more
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More than 1,100 deaths linked to Spain's heatwave
Years after an earthquake, rivers still carry the mountains downstream
Death toll from northern Pakistan monsoon floods hits almost 400
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Adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000: UNICEF
The number of adolescents dying from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, most of them having acquired the disease when they were infants, according to figures released Friday by UNICEF. ... more
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Bright prospects: Repairing neurons with light
The nervous system is built to last a lifetime, but diverse diseases or environmental insults can overpower the capacity of neurons to maintain function or to repair after trauma. A team led by Dr. ... more
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First-in-man use of virtual reality imaging in cardiac cath lab to treat blocked coronary artery
Virtual reality (VR) has potential to revolutionize some aspects of medicine and healthcare. Several medical specialties are already using it to train physicians and assist diagnosis and it also has ... more
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Chemical engineers have figured out how to make vaccines faster
Researchers at Brigham Young University have devised a system to speed up the process of making life-saving vaccines for new viruses.
Their concept is to create the biological machinery for va ... more
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Can stem cell technology be harnessed to generate biological pacemakers?
Although today's pacemakers are lifesaving electronic devices, they are limited by their artificial nature. For example, their parts can fail or they can become infected. In addition, the devices re ... more
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