Monthly Archives: Novembre 2018
Riverside have revealed for the first time how easily attackers can use a GPU...
Computer scientists at the University of California, Riverside have revealed for the first time how easily attackers can use a computer's graphics processing unit,...
New surveillance tool: “gait recognition” software that uses people’s body shapes and how they...
Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition" software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them,...
Scientists are making strides in developing liquid biopsies for brain tumours by detecting tumour...
Scientists are making strides in developing liquid biopsies for brain tumours by detecting tumour DNA in the fluid from around the brain and spine.
Liquid...
Old adults can indeed learn new tricks thanks to a protein molecule called netrin
Unlike old dogs, old adults can indeed learn new tricks thanks to a protein molecule called netrin.
Netrin is known to help set up the...
Type A has been one of the most familiar personality traits, but it turns...
You know the type. Hard-driving, competitive, impatient. They call it Type A.
But new University of Toronto research suggests that this common pop-psychology concept is...
A new computer model is more accurate at identifying sources of foodborne illnesses
A new computer model that uses machine learning and de-identified and aggregated search and location data from logged-in Google users was significantly more accurate...
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology improves the ability of brain imaging to predict Alzheimer’s disease
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology improves the ability of brain imaging to predict Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the journal Radiology.
Timely diagnosis...
Heritability of life span is well below past estimates
Although long life tends to run in families, genetics has far less influence on life span than previously thought, according to a new analysis...
Diagnostic errors affect an estimated 12 million U.S. adult outpatients annually
Diagnostic errors affect an estimated 12 million U.S. adult outpatients annually; however, patients' experiences of these errors are underexplored.
To gain insight into the patient...
Researchers developed an electroencephalogram test to measure pain objectively
If you've ever visited the emergency department with appendicitis, or you're one of the 100 million U.S. adults who suffer from chronic pain, you're...
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) significantly restored mitochondrial function
Mitochondria are responsible for supplying the cell with energy in the form of ATP through oxidative phosphorylation.
There is a group of rare, autosomal recessive...
Scientists have identified an RNA molecule with broad powers to regulate the body’s inflammatory...
Scientists have identified an RNA molecule with broad powers to regulate the body's inflammatory response to infection and injury. Called lincRNA-Cox2, it belongs to...
Researchers have discovered that neurons of blind rats functioned normally following fetal retina cell...
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, have discovered that neurons located in the vision centers of the brains of blind...
Thalidomide, a morning-sickness drug recalled in the 1960s because it caused devastating birth defects,...
Thalidomide, a morning-sickness drug recalled in the 1960s because it caused devastating birth defects, is now commonly used to treat multiple myeloma and other...
Neurobiologists have decoded a new regulatory principle that controls the development of the...
The cerebral cortex is responsible for a large number of complex brain functions, ranging from the perception of sensory stimuli through alertness, memory and...
