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First as Artificial Neurons Developed for Medical Implants
Posted in Hardware, Medicine, Science on 5th Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Artificial neurons on silicon chips that behave just like the real thing have been invented by scientists – a first-of-its-kind achievement with enormous scope for medical devices to cure chronic diseases, such as heart failure, Alzheimer’s, and other diseases of neuronal degeneration.
"Liquid health check" offers blood test predicting future disease risk
Posted in Medicine, Science on 3rd Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
A new proof-of-concept study is suggesting a novel blood test could effectively predict a person’s risk in developing a broad array of different diseases.
Cancer researchers discover how immune cells avoid killing themselves
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 2nd Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Researchers at Australia’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the University College London (UCL) have now found that they create a tough shield around themselves, and this discovery could lead to new cancer therapies.
Space-based lasers track Earth's largest animal migration in unprecedented global study
Posted in Science on 1st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Zooplankton, rise to near the surface to feed on the tiny plants, called phytoplankton. When the day returns, these zooplankton dive back into the depths to hide in the dark waters.
Researchers train AI to map a person’s facial movements to any target headshot
Posted in Software on 1st Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
What if you could manipulate the facial features of a historical figure, a politician, or a CEO realistically and convincingly using nothing but a webcam and an illustrated or photographic still image?