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·October 28, 2022·6 min read

A New Device for Early Diagnosis of Degenerative Eye Disorders

Researchers have developed a new ophthalmological device that can detect degenerative visual problems such as age-related macular degeneration long before the onset of the first symptoms.

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·September 28, 2018·4 min read

New Software Helps Analyze Writing Disabilities

According to researchers, 10% of young children have trouble learning to write. EPFL researchers have developed new software that can analyze a child's writing disability and the cause with precision.

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·November 7, 2022·5 min read

Motivation Is Affected by Oxidative Stress, but Nutrition Can Help

Higher levels of glutathione in the nucleus accumbens correlated with better and more steady performance in motivation-based tasks. Findings suggest improvements in accumbal anti-oxidant function that can be acquired via diet or supplementation may be a feasible approach to help boost motivation.

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·February 5, 2021·5 min read

Signs of Burnout Can Be Detected in Sweat

A new wearable sensor can measure cortisol levels in a person's sweat.

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·February 15, 2023·6 min read

New Release of Blue Brain Project Atlas Sheds Light on Neuron Types

The Blue Brain Project has released a new and enriched 3D digital cell atlas containing more neuron types than the previous version.

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·July 18, 2017·3 min read

Low-Dose Diazepam Can Increase Social Competitiveness

Researchers from EPFL have uncovered how diazepam, a common anxiolytic, can increase mitochondrial activity in neural pathways associated with motivation.

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·August 13, 2018·5 min read

Amputees Feel as Though Their Prosthetic Limb Belongs to Their Own Body

A new study reports amputees often feel as though their prosthetic limb is part of their body.

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·August 22, 2019·4 min read

How the brain finds order amidst chaos

Amidst noise and chaos, cortical neurons work in a team to communicate and allow the brain to find order.

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·April 30, 2020·4 min read

COVID-19: Using wastewater to track the pandemic

Examining wastewater is helping researchers track coronavirus infection trends. The waste reflects the viral load excreted by a population within a few hours and can help establish COVID-19 community hot spots. While researchers will not be able to calculate the exact number of community cases of coronavirus by examining wastewater, they can trace the increase of SARS-CoV-2 concentration and track the level of infection rate.

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·May 16, 2019·2 min read

The insular cortex processes, and drives learning from pain

Using optogenetics to 'switch off' the insular cortex in mice experiencing a painful event resulted in a less fearful reaction to pain. The ability of the mice to learn avoidance from the pain event was also reduced.

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·July 13, 2020·5 min read

Brain ‘Signature’ Could Help to Diagnose Schizophrenia

An EEG study reveals people with schizophrenia and their siblings without the disorder share patterns of brain activity that are different from people with no familial history of schizophrenia. As one sibling didn't suffer from schizophrenia, researchers say the different brain signature could serve as a biomarker for the mental health disorder.