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MIT robotic therapy holds promise for cerebral palsy (w/Video)
May 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Over the past few years, MIT engineers have successfully tested robotic devices to help stroke patients learn to control their arms and legs. Now, they’re building on that work to help children ...
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MIT pieces together the mechanism that allows 2 pacemakers to control breathing
Nov 03, 2008 |
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Two pacemakers in the brain work together in harmony to ensure that breathing occurs in a regular rhythm, according to new research from MIT scientists.
Scientists watch on the atomic level how individual molecules recognize each other
May 02, 2007 |
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The body is an almost perfect machine. For it to function properly, each individual component, that is each molecule, must reliably fulfill its specific function. Each molecule must thus “recognize” other molecules and work ...
Study Unravels Detail of 'Most Important' Cellular Signal
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study provides crucial details that promise to help researchers better understand, and perhaps fine-tune with drugs, one of the most important signaling mechanisms in human cells, according to a study ...
Trembling hands and molecular handshakes
Oct 23, 2009 |
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The heritable Fragile X tremor/ataxia syndrome is a common neurodegenerative disease. It is assumed to result from a relative lack of the protein Pur-alpha. A new study by a German team under the leadership of Dr. Dierk Niessing ...
Negotiating through the glass ceiling
Jun 25, 2008 |
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There are fewer women than men involved in high-profile international business deals. But that may change with the results of a new Tel Aviv University study on the role of gender in management, which found that women may ...
Locating a 'Free Choice' Brain Circuit
Apr 17, 2008 |
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Your brain gets a better workout when you change your routine, say scientists at the California Institute of Technology who have pinpointed one particular circuit that activates your ability to execute a decision. This finding ...
Doctor's innovative therapy gives stroke patients new hope for recovery
Aug 27, 2009 |
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When Frank McKinney began therapy at Dr. Lumy Sawaki's lab, his right arm was bent permanently to his chest and his fingers stayed perpetually clenched.
Review: Wireless charging lets you cut the cords
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Oct 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- It's a pain to keep track of the chargers that go with cell phones, media players and other small electronics. It's even more annoying to stuff multiple power cords and adapters in your bag when you ...
Hitachi Unveils Digital Signatures on Stand-Alone Memory Chips
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Hitachi announced today the development of a mechanism for attesting the authenticity of memory chips using highly secure digital signatures in a worldwide breakthrough. Since the mechanism requires neither a CPU nor a computational ...
Top flu expert warns of a swine flu-bird flu mix
May 08, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Bird flu kills more than 60 percent of its human victims, but doesn't easily pass from person to person. Swine flu can be spread with a sneeze or handshake, but kills only a small fraction of the ...
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