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Do You Live Near an Infectious Human-Animal Disease Hotspot? [Visualization]
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Most emerging human diseases come from animals. This map, created by the International Livestock Research Institute, shows the geographical locations of events where a disease has crossed over from animals to humans. Do you live near a hotspot? More »
Jun 29
This isn’t mind reading, per say. Instead Bettina Sorger, Joel Reithler, Brigitte Dahmen and Rainer Goebel at Universiteit Maastricht have figured out a way to monitor the flow of blood in the brain and associate the images captured using an MRI with the letters of the alphabet. The whole system takes about an hour to learn and configure for each individual. Trials focused on healthy individuals, but clearly its the paralyzed and people suffering from diseases like ALS that have the most to gain. Sorger hopes to enable “locked-in” patients to finally be able to communicate with the outside world by thinking out letter at a time. Obviously, patients aren’t going to be able to install an MRI in their homes, much less lug one around with them. The data collected could be used to finely tailor less accurate but more portable systems for patients that monitor electrical or light signals. If you’re interested in the real nitty-gritty you can check out the complete research paper at the source link.
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Jun 28
Poppin’ pills is a sorta magical, sorta scientific method in feeling better. When you get hurt? Pop pills. When you can’t sleep? Pop pills. When you want to get high? Pop pills. But how do those tiny little capsules actually work? This video explains how aspirin and ibuprofen makes your body feel less pain. More »
Jun 26
Back in 2010, a team of German doctors announced that they’d recorded the world’s first MRI of a woman giving birth. Back then, only still images were available—but now the researchers have released the video, and it’s spellbinding. More »
Jun 25
“Siri, do I have Parkinson’s?” That might sound flippant, but actually new research shows that it’s possible to detect Parkinson’s symptoms simply by using algorithms to detect changes in voice recordings. More »
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