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·June 3, 2018·6 min read

AI Method Could Speed Up Development of Specialized Nanoparticles

A new artificial intelligence technique could speed up complex physics simulations and help create multilayered nanoparticles, researchers say.

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·June 2, 2018·5 min read

Mobile App For Autism Screening Yields Useful Data

Researchers have conducted a study of an iPhone app that screens young children for signs of autism. The study found the app was easy for parents to use and yielded reliable scientific data.

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·June 2, 2018·6 min read

Surgical Technique Improves Sensation and Control of Prosthetic Limbs

Researchers have developed a new neural interface that is able to relay commands from the central nervous system to a robotic prosthesis.

Stanford Professor Zhenan Bao is leading American and Korean researchers in the quest for an artificial nerve system. NeuroscienceNews.com image is credited to Kevin Craft.

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·June 1, 2018·5 min read

Artificial Nerve System Gives Prosthetic Devices and Robots a Sense of Touch

Researchers have created an artificial nervous system that may give prosthetics and robots reflexes and the ability to sense touch. The system is sensitive enough to identify letters in the Braille alphabet.

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·May 29, 2018·5 min read

Face Recognition Experts Perform Better with AI as Partners

A new study reports facial recognition experts perform better with deep convolutional neural networks assisting them in their jobs rather than other humans.

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·May 21, 2018·4 min read

Reading the Minds of Pilots

Study shows pilots in real flight conditions made more errors and had higher anterior prefrontal cortex activation than those who were placed in a simulator, when completing cognitively demanding tasks.

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·May 10, 2018·5 min read

MRI Glove Provides New Look at Hand Anatomy

NYU Langone researchers have developed a new MRI system capable of delivering clear images of bones, tendons and ligaments in the hand. The MRI glove can capture high quality images of joints moving. Researchers say the glove may be useful in diagnosing repetitive strain injuries, such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

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·May 10, 2018·2 min read

Ultrasound Helmet Would Make Live Images, Brain Machine Interface Possible

Vanderbilt researchers have been awarded a new grant to develop a novel brain machine interface that utilizes both an ultrasound helmet and EEG.

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·May 7, 2018·6 min read

Deep Learning Comes Full Circle

AI research has come full circle, helping neuroscientist better understand how the human brain works, researchers say.

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·May 6, 2018·4 min read

Intelligent Agents on the Battle Field

A new paper considers how the military are utilizing neuroscience, engineering, big data and psychology to create intelligent agents that can assist personnel in warfare.