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Optogenetics Illuminates Cerebellum's Role in Neuroprosthetics

The field of neuroprosthetics, which enables the brain to operate external devices like robotic limbs, is starting to gain traction as a potential treatment option for individuals who are incapacitated by stroke or amputation.

15 Apr 2024

New Robot Uses Touch to Foster Social Engagement in Children

A group of researchers from Cornell University and the University of Lisbon recently unveiled a touch-based robot that can promote inclusion in classrooms by providing kids with and without visual impairments with equal opportunities to engage in group activities with the robot.

8 Apr 2024

AI-Based Clinical Decision Support Tool for Cutaneous Melanoma Detection

A Linköping University study tested the app in primary care settings, demonstrating its ability to analyze images of skin lesions and detect melanoma with high precision.

21 Mar 2024

AI Unveils Hidden Patterns in Medical Records

A novel AI language model is capable of identifying clinical symptoms in medical summaries and correlating them with brain tissue data from donors of the Netherlands Brain Bank.

13 Mar 2024

Novel Approach to the Easy Fabrication of Biomimetic Robots

Researchers at Tokyo Tech have demonstrated that ultraviolet-laser processing is a viable method for creating complex microstructures that allow for the sophisticated alignment of muscle cells—a prerequisite for creating life-like biohybrid actuators.

27 Feb 2024

Exploring the Possibilities of LLMs for Neuroscience and Biomed Research

Exploring the Possibilities of LLMs for Neuroscience and Biomed Research Significant progress has been made in Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT in the last year.

12 Feb 2024

New AI Method Unveils Complex Behavior in Worm Neurons

Scientists from Harvard and EPFL have created a ground-breaking new method for tracking neurons in moving and deforming animals.

7 Dec 2023

Fabric-Based Wearable Device Helps Users Navigate

At Rice University in Houston, Texas, researchers have come up with a fabric-based wearable device that “taps” a user’s wrist with pressurized air, silently assisting them in navigating to their destination.

30 Aug 2023

Examining the Efficient Locomotion of a Myriapod Robot

At Osaka University, scientists have come up with a new centipede-like robot and shown how its motion could be switched from straight and curved walking, which might help with search and save operations or planetary exploration.

30 May 2023

Icefin Explores Conditions Beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf

An abrupt change in scenery was relayed by a high in a narrow, seawater-filled crevasse at the base of Antarctica’s biggest ice shelf, and cameras on the remotely operated Icefin underwater vehicle.

3 Mar 2023