News tagged with brain fingerprinting

Mind reading, brain fingerprinting and the law

What if a jury could decide a man's guilt through mind reading? What if reading a defendant's memory could betray their guilt? And what constitutes 'intent' to commit murder? These are just some of the issues debated and ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Scientists devise new imaging technique for analysis of biological samples

(PhysOrg.com) -- When trying to understand how cells respond to toxins, scientists want to do as little sample preparation as possible. Preparing these cells by immersing them in chemicals or drying them out ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

‘Fingerprinting’ method tracks mercury emissions from coal-fired power plant

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, the chemical "fingerprints" of the element mercury have been used by University of Michigan researchers to directly link environmental pollution to a specific coal-burning ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Portable, super-high-resolution 3-D imaging (w/ Video)

By combining a clever physical interface with computer-vision algorithms, researchers in MIT’s Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences have created a simple, portable imaging system that can achieve resolutions previously ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Finding is a feather in the cap for researchers studying birds' big, powerful eyes

Say what you will about bird brains, but our feathered friends sure have us -- and all the other animals on the planet -- beat in the vision department, and that has a bit to do with how their brains develop.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Physics for safer ports: New technology uses nuclear 'fingerprints' to scan cargo ships

While 700 million travelers undergo TSA's intrusive scans and pat-downs each year, 11 million cargo containers enter American ports with little screening at all. And the volume of those containers, roughly ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Beyond Alzheimer's: Research explores hippocampal sclerosis

The population of aged persons worldwide is expanding rapidly, and it is becoming increasingly clear that there are many different diseases that affect the minds of these individuals. Researchers at the University of Kentucky ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mercury in Bay Area fish a legacy of California mining

Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called "public enemy No. 1" in California's San Francisco Bay.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Methylated markers in Fragile X

A "fingerprint" on a key gene in certain groups of people with Fragile X syndrome may be a litmus test for which patients can benefit from a new drug, reports a recent study of 30 patients with the syndrome. Fragile X is ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study finds children with autism have mitochondrial dysfunction

Children with autism are far more likely to have deficits in their ability to produce cellular energy than are typically developing children, a new study by researchers at UC Davis has found. The study, published today in ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A divide and conquer strategy for childhood brain cancer

Medulloblastomas are the most common malignant brain tumors of childhood, with 40 to 50 percent overall mortality. One of the greatest challenges in treating them is that they vary substantially from patient to patient. In ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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