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Study finds alcohol dampens brain waves associated with decision-making but not motor control
We all know that alcohol impairs our judgement, alertness and performance on tasks requiring attention, but the mechanism behind booze's effect on cognition still...
Warning – 3 Popular VPN Services Are Leaking Your IP Address
Researchers found critical vulnerabilities in three popular VPN services that could leak users' real IP addresses and other sensitive data.
VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is...
Research team develops clinically-validated 3-D printed stethoscope
A team of researchers have developed an open-source, clinically validated template for a 3D printed stethoscope for use in areas of the world with...
Mapping the dynamics of a smile to enable gender recognition
The dynamics of how men and women smile differs measurably, according to new research, enabling artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically assign gender purely based...
Attacks on 4G LTE networks could send fake emergency alerts
Researchers have identified several new vulnerabilities in 4G LTE networks, potentially allowing hackers to forge the location of a mobile device and fabricate messages.
Ten...
Researchers design novel method for energy-efficient deep neural networks
An Oak Ridge National Laboratory method to improve the energy efficiency of scientific artificial intelligence is showing early promise in efforts to parse insights...
Study Links Physical Characteristics and Brain Health in Psychosis
Mount Sinai researchers have shown, for the first time, the complex web of links between physical and behavioral characteristics, like age, body mass index...
Study Reveals Vision’s Role in Vowel Perception
For all talkers, except perhaps the very best ventriloquists, the production of speech is accompanied by visible facial movements.
Because speech is more than...
A Way to Restore Movement Sensation in Upper Limb Amputation Patients
A team of researchers led by Cleveland Clinic has published first-of-its-kind findings in Science Translational Medicine on a new method of restoring natural movement sensation in...
Making New Memories is a Balancing Act
Those of us who can’t resist tourist tchotchkes are big fans of suitcases with an expandable compartment. Now, it turns out the brain’s capacity...
Compassion Helped Neanderthals Survive
They have an unwarranted image as brutish and uncaring, but new research has revealed just how knowledgeable and effective Neanderthal healthcare was.
The study, by...
Men and Women Have Opposite Genetic Alterations in Depression
Men and women with major depressive disorder (MDD) have opposite changes in the expression of the same genes, according to a new postmortem brain...
In Search For the Clocks Behind Aging Brain Disorders
“We tried to untangle the large role aging appears to play in some of the most devastating neurological disorders,” said Edward Giniger, Ph.D., senior...
Understanding Addiction and Dual Diagnosis
This dual diagnosis is a problem that clearly goes both ways.
But science has a long way to go before we can truly understand why...
Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion, the process that powers our sun, happens when nuclear reactions between light elements produce heavier ones.
It's also happening -- at a smaller...
