Deep Brain Stimulation shows promise for patients with chronic, treatment resistant Anorexia Nervosa
Four of the six patients also experienced simultaneous changes in mood, anxiety, control over emotional responses, urges to binge and purge and other symptoms related to anorexia In a world... Read more
A diagnostic ‘cocktail,’ containing a single drop of blood, a dribble of water and a dose of DNA powder with gold particles, could one day lead to the treatment of the world’s leading diseas... Read more
KIT Scientists Develop Multicolor LEDs without Heavy Metals Silicon nanocrystals have a size of a few nanometers and possess a high luminous potential. Scientists of KIT and the University o... Read more
“It’s amazing that by studying a fish gill, this team created a design that could impact water infrastructure on a world-wide scale.” Inspired by fish gills, newt tadpoles, and human a... Read more
The device, which provides deep brain stimulation and has been used in thousands of people with Parkinson’s disease, is seen as a possible means of boosting memory and reversing cogni... Read more
What it does blurs the line between the digital and real world A trip on public transport or to the local coffee shop might give the impression that touchscreens are everywhere, but scientis... Read more
We’re charging headlong into a future filled with one-way mirrors behind which the rich spy on the poor, and the strong on the weak. Last week Wikileaks–remember them?–released a sheaf of do... Read more
Reinvent The Toilet Challenge “IF Thomas Crapper were around today, he would find our toilets quite familiar,” says Bill Gates, referring to the Victorian manufacturer of sanitary ware whose... Read more
It is one of the more elusive commercial cyberespionage tools available. It is marketed as a way for governments to spy on criminals. And for over a year, virus hunters unsuccessfully tried... Read more
Canada’s universities are on the verge of accepting a copyright licensing deal that flies in the face of all reason Canada’s universities are on the verge of accepting a copyrigh... Read more
Clean solutions to human energy demands are essential to our future. While sunlight is the most abundant source of energy at our disposal, we have yet to learn how to capture, transfer and s... Read more
Because the signature biomarkers that indicate the presence of cancer at the cellular level are generally present only at low levels in biological samples, detecting them is a procedure that... Read more
Ornithopters, aircraft that fly by flapping their wings, are a staple at birdman rallies the world over, inevitably resulting in the pilots of such craft plunging headlong into the drink. No... Read more
Image via Wikipedia A vast electronic spying operation has infiltrated computers and has stolen documents from hundreds of government and private offices around the world, including those of... Read more
