Allen Institute neuroscientist JoAnn Buchanan and team are studying the interaction between two kinds of non neuronal brain cells, a microglia (shown in purple)… See more.
Scientists are sifting through the hundreds of thousands of brain cells present in a cubic millimeter of mouse brain.
This AI powered prosthetic arm understands what you think. Muscle-controlled prosthetic limbs that patients with amputations across the globe currently use have various limitations and challenges. Good quality prosthetics parts are cumbersome, come with a complex setup, and require patients to undergo training for several months to learn their use. Interestingly, a new technology proposed by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) can overcome all such challenges.
It may sound like science-fiction, but the researchers claim that the new technology would allow patients to control robotic body parts using their thoughts. By employing artificial intelligence and machine learning, the researchers at UMN have developed a portable neuroprosthetic hand. The robotic hand comes equipped with a nerve implant linked to the peripheral nerve in a patient’s arm.
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Second time’s the charm.
Orbital Flight Test-2 will test @BoeingSpace’s #Starliner spacecraft from launch to docking to return to Earth, providing data to prove it’s ready to fly astronauts. What you need to know: https://go.nasa.gov/3sNEGlI.
Watch starting at 6pm ET (22:00 UTC): https://go.nasa.gov/3NlzX2o
Progress on reducing carbon emissions has been slow making achieving interim 2030 targets elusive, let alone hitting net-zero by 2050.
Preparedness For Emerging Diseases & Zoonoses — Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head, World Health Organization, (WHO)
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, Ph.D., (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.vankerkhove) is an infectious disease epidemiologist who serves as the technical lead for the COVID-19 response at the World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/en/), where she develops guidance, training programs, and information products for the continuously evolving state of the pandemic, as well serving as the Emerging Diseases and Zoonoses Unit Head.
Coders gather in Bristol to program robots to sprint and do gymnastics at the Ministry of Defence event.
