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Jul 12, 2018
Caltech’s new machine learning algorithm predicts IQ from fMRI
Posted by Manuel Canovas Lechuga in categories: biotech/medical, health, information science, neuroscience, robotics/AI
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology can now assess a person’s intelligence in moments with nothing more than a brain scan and an AI algorithm, university officials announced this summer.
Caltech researchers led by Ralph Adolphs, PhD, a professor of psychology, neuroscience and biology and chair of the Caltech Brain Imaging Center, said in a recent study that they, alongside colleagues at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the University of Salerno, were successfully able to predict IQ in hundreds of patients from fMRI scans of resting-state brain activity. The work is pending publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Adolphs and his team collected data from nearly 900 men and women for their research, all of whom were part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-driven Human Connectome Project. The researchers trained their machine learning algorithm on the complexities of the human brain by feeding the brain scans and intelligence scores of these hundreds of patients into the algorithm—something that took very little effort on the patients’ end.
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Jul 12, 2018
Ghostly particle caught in polar ice ushers in new way to look at the universe
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: particle physics
Neutrino-detecting IceCube teams up with other instruments to study distant galaxy’s “blazar”.
Jul 12, 2018
Flying Trains Could Be Coming Your Way
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: transportation
A French firm has designed an airplane with removable wings that it’s presenting to Boeing, Asia to cut Europe dependence.
Jul 12, 2018
Deletion of BACE 1 Enzyme Reverses The Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Posted by Nicholi Avery in categories: biotech/medical, neuroscience
A disclaimer on the new article that I wrote: while I do think the Beta-amyloid plaque plays a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease I do not think it’s the only thing. I’ll be writing more on Alzheimer’s disease as I study more.
The abnormal accumulation β-amyloid peptide is the leading candidate for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked the 6 th leading cause of death in the United States while some statistics claim it may rank as high as the third leading cause of death.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
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Jul 12, 2018
A 4 Billion Light-Year Journey Ends At The South Pole
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: cosmology, particle physics
Physicists Pinpoint The Origin Of A Powerful Neutrino For The First Time Ghostly particles called neutrinos can travel nearly unimpeded across the universe. For the first time, physicists have been able to pinpoint the origin of a powerful neutrino.
Jul 12, 2018
Internally, NASA believes Boeing ahead of SpaceX in commercial crew
Posted by Michael Lance in category: space travel
Based on NASA’s “schedule risk analysis” from April, the agency estimates that Boeing will reach this milestone sometime between May 1, 2019, and August 30, 2020. For SpaceX, the estimated range is August 1, 2019, and November 30, 2020.
Both of the companies are well behind schedule, forcing the agency to scramble.
Jul 12, 2018
Deletion of BACE 1 Enzyme Reverses The Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
Posted by Nicholi Avery in category: neuroscience
The abnormal accumulation β-amyloid peptide is the leading candidate for the cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease is currently ranked the 6th leading cause of death in the United States while some statistics claim it may rank as high as the third leading cause of death.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
Alzheimer’s is a slowly progressive disease that causes the loss of memories and cognitive function. It is the most common form of dementia and accounts for 60 to 80% of cases.
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Jul 12, 2018
The Hunt for Earth’s Deep Hidden Oceans
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Water-bearing minerals reveal that Earth’s mantle could hold more water than all its oceans. Researchers now ask: Where did it all come from?