Stanford's Jaimie Henderson and Krishna Shenoy are part of a consortium working on an investigational brain-to-computer hookup.
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In a Stanford-led research report, three participants with movement impairment controlled an onscreen cursor simply by imagining their own hand movements.
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Judith Schmitz and Sebastian Ocklenburg are interested in right-left differences.Credit: © RUB, Marquard
A preference for the left or the right hand might be traced back to that asymmetry. "These results fundamentally change our understanding of the cause of hemispheric...
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A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has uncovered the mechanisms that the Zika virus uses to alter brain development. These findings are detailed in Stem Cell...
The consumption of butter, which is rich in saturated fatty acids and trans fats, has been related to a high risk of suffering from this disease. Credit: ©URV
Recently, dietary guidelines for the general population have shifted towards a plant-based...
This image shows the impact of saturated fatty acids on the liver, muscles and fatty tissue.Credit: © DDZ
The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated with the consumption of saturated...
A major study which links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year.Image credit:Flickr/Francesco Falciani
Scientists have published a major study which links outdoor air pollution with 2.7 million preterm births per year.
The study, which was led by...
A suggests some AC setting may have an unintentional negative impact on sleep quality despite the comfort the person feels.Image credit:Roey Ahram
A study by a joint research team including professor Kazuyo Tsuzuki of Toyohashi University of Technology, Department of...
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A randomized trial shows cycles of a five-day fasting diet designed by a USC researcher safely reduces the risk factors for age-related diseases
What if you could lose weight and reduce your risk of life-threatening disease...
Genomically instable cancer cells can have as many as two times more chromosomes than healthy cells, as well as other abnormalities (left, circles). When scientists group like chromosomes together (right), it can reveal patterns that help them better detect...
Researchers have shown that increasing the levels of active vitamin D can help to optimize muscle strength in humans. Image credit:Flickr/Urban Wired
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have shown that increasing the levels of active vitamin D can help...
This is a pseudo-colored image of high-resolution gradient-echo MRI scan of a person.Image credit: Flickr/nihgov
This first-of-its-kind study used MRIs to image the brains of infants, and then researchers used brain measurements and a computer algorithm to accurately predict autism...
