Got a headache? A runny nose, maybe? Here’s exactly what you need! A new website called quite naturally Who Is Sick? allows you to share your little discomforts with your neighborhood – and even the rest of the world…
After inventing a two-legged robot that can substitute for impaired legs, Japanese robotics now give us the opportunity to replace our whole body thanks to this new exoskeleton from Tsukuba University. In association…
Marathon runners are under the false impression that drinking lots of water before and during the race will improve their performance and keep them cool. However, a recent study shows that normal hydration of the body is sufficient to…
What do monkeys, infants, and autistic children have in common? The lack of proper communication means with us. A research team at Columbia University, New York, USA, has set up a test involving a touch-screen video game, designed to…
If you still haven’t got the smart fabric that measures your various physiological parameters at all times, then maybe you’ll be interested in something quite simpler that only records your blood pressure. Blood pressure taken at any moment of…
A recent study performed by the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic in California, USA, shows that, although Night Owls tend to get more sleep on average than the early risers, they are usually more depressed. The treatment of insomnia will therefore…
In the search for the origins of violence in certain individuals, television, music, or video games have often been targeted as prime suspects. A study published in last March issue of Psychological Science investigated another possible cause for irrational…
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) generates strong magnetic fields in order to give accurate internal pictures of the human body. The presence of these fields prevents all metallic equipment from being used during the imaging procedure. As a result, surgeons…
Smokers know that certain foods and beverages alter the taste of their cigarettes. Researchers at Duke University, North Carolina, USA, have looked into this phenomenon in more depth and have concluded that diets or gums containing the taste-altering compounds…
A new drill has been invented for delicate surgeries like ear implant installation. The device is able to “sense” its surroundings and adapt its boring force to the surrounding tissue, be it hard bone or thin membranes. This is yet…
A joint collaboration between French and American scientists has shown that traumatic events can be erased from the memory of rats. The experiments were performed with a drug known to act in the amygdala region of the brain where emotional…
Scientists at the Brown University, Rhode Island, USA, have invented a new machine that will hopefully help neurologists understand better how information is transmitted along the brain cells (neurons). It simply measures the signal emitted in the primary motor cortex…
