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People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
A mind-controlled wheelchair can help a paralyzed person gain new mobility by translating users' thoughts into mechanical commands. Researchers now demonstrate that tetraplegic users can operate mind-controlled wheelchairs in a natural, cluttered environment after training for an extended pe
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Welsh 'weird wonder' fossils add piece to puzzle of arthropod evolution
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
International team of researchers describe new fossil species discovered in fossil deposit near Llandrindod Wells in mid-Wales. The fossil, Mierridduryn bonniae, shares many features with Cambrian 'weird wonder' Opabinia, but is 40 million years younger. Robust phylogenetic analyses suggest
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Artificial neural networks learn better when they spend time not learning
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discuss how mimicking sleep patterns of the human brain in artificial neural networks may help mitigate the threat of catastrophic forgetting in the latter, boosting their utility across a spectrum of research interests.
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Researchers discover new drug to lower cholestrol
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
After statins, the next leading class of medications for managing cholesterol are PCSK9 inhibitors. These highly effective agents help the body pull excess cholesterol from the blood, but unlike statins, which are available as oral agents, PCSK9 inhibitors can only be administered as shots,
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Low-cost method developed to diagnose valve dysfunction in heart
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In the Journal of Applied Physics, by AIP Publishing, researchers from the University of Kerala and the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia developed a method to identify valve dysfunction using a complex network analysis that is accurate, simple to use, and low-cost.
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Genetics combined with long years of schooling might cause nearsightedness
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers discovered five genetic variations that increase the chances of becoming nearsighted as they progress through school.
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Plant roots change shape and branch out for water: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have discovered how plant roots adapt their shape to maximise their uptake of water, pausing branching when they lose contact with water and only resuming once they reconnect with moisture, ensuring they can survive even in the driest conditions.
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Researchers identify protein that contributes to tau neurotoxicity in Alzh
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have identified a protein that interacts and enhances the spread of neurotoxic species of tau which is primarily found in neurons that appear abnormal in the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients.
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Specific immune cells cause myocarditis in cancer patients: Study
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
In a new study, researchers from UC San Francisco and Vanderbilt University Medical Center identified particular immune cells that cause lethal cardiac damage in a small subsection of cancer immunotherapy patients.
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Researchers find genetic links between traits are often overstated
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Genetic correlation estimates typically assume that mating is random. But in the real world, partners tend to pair up because of many shared interests and social structures.
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Study finds childhood deprivation related to impulsive behaviour as adults
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers from the School of Psychology at Aston University found a link between deprivation in childhood and impulsive behaviour - leading to addictions later in life. The findings, which are a culmination of six years of research, also found a further link between impulsivity, obesity an
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Researchers find new target for Alzheimer's therapies
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The protein medin is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's patients along with the protein amyloid-b. Researchers from DZNE have discovered this so-called co-aggregation. They have now published their observation in the renowned journal Nature. "Medin has been known for
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