Artificial intelligence helps diagnose leukemia
The presence of cancer of the lymphatic system is often determined by analyzing samples from the blood or bone marrow. …
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Artificial intelligence detects osteoarthritis years before it develops
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering have created a machine-learning …
Study locates brain areas for understanding metaphors in healthy and schizophrenic people
Scientists have used MRI scanners to discover the parts of the brain which understand metaphors, in both healthy volunteers and …
Soldiers, athletes could improved outcomes from traumatic brain injuries
A traumatic brain injury is often easily suspected and can be confirmed and treated if necessary following an injury using …
Even scientists have gender stereotypes … which can hamper the career of women researchers
However convinced we may be that science is not just for men, the concept of science remains much more strongly …
Immune therapy takes a ‘BiTE’ out of brain cancer
Building on their research showing that an exciting new form of immunotherapy for cancer has activity in patients with glioblastoma, …
Newly discovered neural pathway processes acute light to affect sleep: Different pathways process long-term circadian rhythms and short-term exposure to light
Either to check the time or waste time, people often look at their smartphones after waking in the middle of …
Impaired learning linked to family history of Alzheimer’s
Adults with a first-degree relative with Alzheimer’s disease perform more poorly on online paired-learning tasks than adults without such a …
Screen size matters: Consumers less attentive to news content on small screens
If you’re getting your news from a smartphone, size matters. Heart rate variability decreases and changes in sweat are muted …
Creativity: A question of impulsiveness: Economists have conducted research into how to best allocate time between creative and routine tasks
How can employees’ working time be organised so as to enable them to perform in the best possible way when …
Probiotic-derived molecule may suppress fatal brain inflammation, preclinical study finds: Scientists explore how swallowing a ‘bacterial envelope molecule’ may prime your body to fend off viral infections
The existence of certain microorganisms in your gut may bolster the immune system’s ability to fend off a herpes viral …
How the olfactory brain affects memory
How sensory perception in the brain affects learning and memory processes is far from fully understood. Two neuroscientists of Ruhr-Universität …
New biomarkers associated with ‘chemobrain’ identified
Cognitive impairment associated with cancer, also known as “chemobrain,” has gained recognition as a complication of the disease and its …
Scientists restore some functions in a pig’s brain hours after death
Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held …
Violence against long-term care staff ‘normalized’
Violence against staff working in long-term care facilities — including physical assault, verbal abuse and sexual harassment — has become …
Brain processes concrete and abstract words differently: Review of imaging studies finds specific brain regions process types of word meanings separately
A new review explores the different areas of the brain that process the meaning of concrete and abstract concepts. The …
Brain research: the mystery of the intelligence was revealed
For the intelligence of the responsible genes have been identified “Nothing in the world is distributed so just like the …
Better analysis of psychological flexibility: Psychological flexibility — the bedrock of a much-used psychological therapy
According to figures from NHS England, some 1.4 million people were referred for NHS mental health therapy during 2017. This …