News tagged with memory centers

A radar for ADAR: Altered gene tracks RNA editing in neurons

To track what they can't see, pilots look to the green glow of the radar screen. Now biologists monitoring gene expression, individual variation, and disease have a glowing green indicator of their own: Brown ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 25, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Video gaming teens sleep less: study

Teens who play a lot of video games are likely to sleep less than the eight to nine hours a night recommended for the age group, researchers said Monday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

SDSC dashes forward with new flash memory computer system

Leveraging lightning-fast technology already familiar to many from the micro storage world of digital cameras, thumb drives and laptop computers, the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Data motion metric' needed for supercomputer rankings, says SDSC's Snavely

As we enter the era of data-intensive research and supercomputing, the world's top computer systems should not be ranked on calculation speed alone, according to Allan Snavely, associate director of the San Diego Supercomputer ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

SDSC readying 'Gordon' supercomputer for pre-production trials this month

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, will this month launch a pre-production phase of Gordon, the first high-performance supercomputer to use large amounts of flash-based SSD ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Memory impairment common in people with a history of cancer

People with a history of cancer have a 40 percent greater likelihood of experiencing memory problems that interfere with daily functioning, compared with those who have not had cancer, according to results of a new, large ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Measuring brain atrophy in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a fully automated procedure called Volumetric MRI - which measures the "memory centers" of the brain and compares them to expected size ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0