T-rays Technology Could Help Develop Star Trek-style Hand-held Medical Scanners
Scientists have developed a new way to create Terahertz waves (T-rays) that may one day lead to biomedical detective devices similar to the ‘tricorder’ scanner used in Star Trek. Scientists have developed a new way to create electromagnetic Terahertz (THz) waves or T-rays – the technology behind full-body security scanners.The researchers behind the study, published [...]
Do You See What I See?
Scientists model brain structure to help computers recognize objects An essential question confronting neuroscientists and computer vision researchers alike is how objects can beidentified by simply “looking” at an image. Introspectively, we know that the human brain solves this problem very well. We only have to look at something to know what it is. But [...]
Brain Function – A New Way to Measure the Burden of Aging Across Nations
Cognitive function may be a better indicator of the impact of aging on an economy than age-distribution, with chronological age imposing less of a social and economic burden if the population is “functionally” younger, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study finds that one standardized indicator [...]
