News tagged with brain processing speed

Improving brain processing speed helps memory

Mayo Clinic researchers found that healthy, older adults who participated in a computer-based training program to improve the speed and accuracy of brain processing showed twice the improvement in certain aspects of memory, ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 10, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Automated image analysis arises from handcraft and machine learning

The amount of visual information increases with tremendous speed. The archives of television networks, image bank databases and social media in the web are all bursting with billions of pictures – and more is produced ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Sun's crowning glory

(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Locked down, RNA editing yields odd fly behavior

Because a function of RNA is to be translated as the genetic instructions for the protein-making machinery of cells, RNA editing is the body's way of fine-tuning the proteins it produces, allowing us to adapt. The enzyme ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Plastic electronics: a neat solution

(Phys.org) -- A breakthrough in the development of a new generation of plastic electronic circuits by researchers at the Cavendish Laboratory brings flexible and transparent intelligent materials – such ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop novel technique for early detection of misfolded protein

(Phys.org) -- University of Delaware assistant professor David W. Colby is co-author of a paper in the March 23 issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry that suggests protein misfolding may occur early in th ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In a brainless marine worm, researchers find the developmental 'scaffold' for the vertebrate brain

The origin of the exquisitely complex vertebrate brain is somewhat mysterious. "In terms of evolution, it basically pops up out of nowhere. You don't see anything anatomically like it in other animals," says ...

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Apple unveils new iPad with sharper screen (Update 2)

Apple gave the new iPad a bunch of new features but no new name.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 07, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (21) | comments 5

Lens produces hours of scientific work in seconds

A new form of microscope which can produce results in seconds rather than hours – dramatically speeding up the process of drug development - is being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde ...

Biology / Other

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Explained: Sigma

It's a question that arises with virtually every major new finding in science or medicine: What makes a result reliable enough to be taken seriously? The answer has to do with statistical significance -- but ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (22) | comments 93

Engineers boost computer processor performance by over 20 percent

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate – boosting processor performance ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast


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