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·February 18, 2013·4 min read

Could a Computer on the Police Beat Prevent Violence?

New research shows how police forces might be able to target efforts to reduce violence and raise officer attention to dangerous areas with the help of high-powered computers. Using real police data, researchers were able to demonstrate the promise of computer models for targeting violent areas.

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·February 15, 2013·2 min read

Nanomachines for Bionic Proteins

Researchers developed nanomachines which recreate principal activities of proteins. They present the first versatile and modular example of a fully artificial protein-mimetic model system.

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·February 12, 2013·5 min read

Neuroprosthesis Gives Rats the Ability to ‘Touch’ Infrared Light

Researchers have given rats the ability to "touch" infrared light by fitting them with an infrared detector wired to microscopic electrodes implanted in the part of the mammalian brain that processes tactile information. The study demonstrated that a novel sensory input could be processed by a cortical region specialized in another sense without "hijacking" the function of this brain area.

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·February 11, 2013·4 min read

Simulations Show how Blood Vessels Regroup after Stroke

By simulating patterns of microvasculature cell growth and compare the results with real networks grown in lab, researchers hope to direct how they grow into the tiny blood vessels that feed the brain and help people regain functions lost to stroke and disease.

This is a photo of lead researcher Josef Bless.

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·February 8, 2013·2 min read

Smartphone App Offers New Possibilities For Psychological Research

Researchers show that the iDichotic smartphone app can be successfully used for psychological testing. A new version of this app has been specially developed for schizophrenic patients suffering from auditory hallucinations.

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·February 8, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with Thoughts

Researchers describe how an electrode array sitting on top of the brain enabled a 30-year-old paralyzed man to control the movement of a character on a computer screen in three dimensions with just his thoughts. It also enabled him to move a robot arm to touch a friend’s hand for the first time in the seven years.

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·February 6, 2013·3 min read

Insect Drives Robot to Track Down Smells

In a new study, a small, two-wheeled robot was driven by a male silkmoth to track down the sex pheromone usually given off by a female mate.

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·January 30, 2013·3 min read

IBM’s Watson to Join Research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rensselaer becomes the first university of receive a version of IBM's Watson system. Rensselaer hopes to find new uses for Watson and develop its cognitive capabilities, as well as using the system for Big Data research.

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·January 30, 2013·2 min read

Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence

Simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, researchers discover why biological networks tend to be organized as modules, a finding that will lead to a deeper understanding of the evolution of complexity.

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·January 24, 2013·2 min read

Neuroscientists Create Fiber Optic Method of Arresting Epileptic Seizures in Mice

UC Irvine neuroscientists have developed a way to stop epileptic seizures with fiber-optic light signals, heralding a novel opportunity to treat the most severe manifestations of the brain disorder.

Two brain images are shown side by side with Wernicke's area highlighted.

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·January 16, 2013·3 min read

Research Reveals How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury

Scientists used a new combination of neural imaging methods to discover how the human brain adapts to injury. The research shows that when one brain area loses functionality, a back-up team of secondary brain areas immediately activates, replacing not only the unavailable area but also its confederates.

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·October 24, 2012·3 min read

Like a Noisy Political Campaign, “Grassroots” Neurons Wire and Fire Together for Dominance in the Brain

Researchers found that neurons team up together to sway particular outcomes in the brain and take over the nervous system in the name of their preferred action or behavior.

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computational neuroscience

Could a Computer on the Police Beat Prevent Violence?

Nanomachines for Bionic Proteins

Neuroprosthesis Gives Rats the Ability to ‘Touch’ Infrared Light

Simulations Show how Blood Vessels Regroup after Stroke

Smartphone App Offers New Possibilities For Psychological Research

Researchers Describe Technology that Lets Spinal Cord Injured Man Control Robot Arm with Thoughts

Insect Drives Robot to Track Down Smells

IBM’s Watson to Join Research Team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Engineers Solve a Biological Mystery and Boost Artificial Intelligence

Neuroscientists Create Fiber Optic Method of Arresting Epileptic Seizures in Mice

Research Reveals How the Human Brain Adapts to Injury

Like a Noisy Political Campaign, “Grassroots” Neurons Wire and Fire Together for Dominance in the Brain

Glioblastoma’s Chaos Follows Predictable Rules

One Autism Mutation Collapses the Whole Gene Network

Why Bitter Coffee Starts to Taste So Good to Your Brain

Omega-3 DHA Eases Autism Behaviors by Calming Inflammation

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