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Surge in US 'brain-reading' technology patents

Posted in Science on 7th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Fewer than 400 neuro-technology patents a year had been filed in 2000-09. But that had doubled to 800 in 2010. And 1,600 such patents had been lodged in the US in 2014.

Scientists identify novel drug mechanism that fights brain cancer

Posted in Science on 6th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed and tested a molecule that has the ability to disrupt the body's regulation of cancer cells, causing them to self-destruct rather than multiply.

Green Tea Extract and Exercise Hinder Progress of Alzheimer's Disease in Mice

Posted in Medicine on 5th May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Scientists are seeking treatments and therapies found in common foods that will help stave off the disease or prevent it completely.

First results in from psychologys largest reproducibility test to date

Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

Results posted online on 24 April, which have not yet been peer-reviewed, suggest that key findings from only 39 of 100 published studies could be reproduced.

Radiation in space may change astronauts' brain structure

Posted in Science on 3rd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

This could be bad news for future trips to Mars.