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Science & Tech 3 years ago

California start-up sends tiny robots on voyage into brains

Bionaut Labs plans its first clinical trials on humans in just two years for its tiny injectable robots, which can be carefully guided through the brain using magnets.

Academia 4 years ago

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Social media can be good or bad, but we cannot live without it

When algorithms provide the information or content that a user wants to believe, the result is an echo chamber that can lead to a polarized society.

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Scientists discover brain region that responds to clitoris

The research involved stimulating the clitorises of 20 adult females while their brains were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).

Science & Tech 4 years ago

Mind blown: Modern brains evolved much more recently than thought

Our first ancestors from the genus Homo emerged on the continent about 2.5 million years ago with primitive ape-like brains about half the size of those seen in today's humans.

World 5 years ago

Covid-19 test caused brain fluid leak in US patient with rare condition: study

The patient, who is in her 40s, had an undetected rare condition and the test she received may have been carried out improperly, a sequence of improbable events that means the risk from nasal tests remains very low.

Health 5 years ago

If you do not snooze you lose: Sleep seen as essential for the brain

Scientists are providing a fuller understanding of the essential role that sleep plays in brain health, identifying an abrupt transition at about 2.4 years of age when its primary purpose shifts from brain building to maintenance and repair.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

Musk shows off progress merging brains and machines

Futurist entrepreneur Elon Musk late Friday demonstrated progress made by his Neuralink startup in meshing brains with computers, saying the work is essential to the future of humanity.

Health 5 years ago

Brain problems linked to even mild virus infections: Study

Potentially fatal COVID-19 complications in the brain including delirium, nerve damage and stroke may be more common than initially thought, a team of British-based doctors warned Wednesday.

Parents 5 years ago

‘Mommy brain’ might make new mothers forgetful but it doesn’t last, finds new study

New United States research has found that “mommy brain,” which is thought to leave new mothers feeling forgetful and less able to pay attention to things, doesn’t last, and in fact, a mother’s attention may actually improve.