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Magnetothermal Genetics: A Fourth Tool in the Brain-Hacking Toolbox
30/08/2017
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A scientist wanting to hack into an animal’s brain used to have three different tools to choose from: electric current, drugs, and light. Now there’s a fourth: magnetic fields. In a paper published last week in the open-access journal eLife, scientis...
Magnetic Eye Implant Stops Dancing Eyes Syndrome
03/07/2017
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A 49-year-old man finally got relief from a rare, maddening eye disorder after researchers, in an experimental procedure, implanted specialized magnets beneath his eyeballs. The disorder, called nystagmus, or dancing eyes, causes the eyes to oscilla...
I know what is going on inside you
05/03/2017
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Magnetic resonance imaging is one of the miracles of modern science. It produces noninvasive 3-D images of the body using harmless magnetic fields and radio waves. And with a few additional tricks, it can also reveal details of the biochemical makeup...
When Present joins hands with Past…!
12/02/2017
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A new technique to increase the speed of medical tests has been developed by combining cutting-edge nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon discovered more than 170 years ago.This combination technique—created by Researchers at the University of Centr...
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Gene Editing Tool CRISPR Is Making Scientists Face The Hard Questions
10/03/2016
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The CRISPR-Cas9 tool makes genetic engineering cheap and easy, making it a powerful tool that has the potential to be abused. Video provided by NewsyT...