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Electrical brain stimulation boosts peoples dexterity (Re-issue)

October 29th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Electrically stimulating the brain with a non-invasive technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve a persons skill at handling delicate tasks. According to the Drs. Gottfried ...

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Electrical brain stimulation boosts peoples dexterity (Re-issue)

October 29th, 2008 - 6:53 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): Electrically stimulating the brain with a non-invasive technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve a persons skill at handling delicate tasks. According to the Drs. Gottfried ...

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Electrical brain stimulation boosts peoples dexterity

October 28th, 2008 - 5:48 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Electrically stimulating the brain with a non-invasive technique called transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve a persons skill at handling delicate tasks. According to the Drs. Gottfried ...

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Mind power can revive paralysed limbs

October 16th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 16 (ANI): Experimenting with monkeys, scientists have shown that the primates could successfully move paralysed limbs via brain implant with mobile electrodes. Such artificial re-routing of brain may pave the ...

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Eddie Adcock plays his banjo during head surgery

October 15th, 2008 - 6:28 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 15 (ANI): Ace banjo player Eddie Adcock was kept conscious during his brain surgery as surgeons probed about to find the cause of a career-threatening hand tremor. Adcock, 70, who ...

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Negative campaign ads can drive potential voters away

October 12th, 2008 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 12 (ANI): They cost millions of dollars, but negative campaign ads can have physiological and psychological effect on voters, says a researcher, who claims that the advertisements can drive ...

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How insomniacs can get sleep by shaping their own brain activity

October 2nd, 2008 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, Oct 2 (ANI): Insomniacs often turn to sleeping pills for a good nights sleep, but what if they are able to manipulate their own brains to get a nap? Well, ...

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Beautiful pieces of art can be the best painkillers

September 18th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Sept 18 (ANI): While art is known to express pain in the most beautiful way, a new study has found that looking at a striking painting can offer a distraction ...

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Nano thrusters can make space travel cheaper

August 19th, 2008 - 4:54 pm ICT by ANI -
London, August 19 (ANI): Scientists have proposed the development of tiny nano thrusters that could be made into flat sheets mounted on the side of spacecrafts, which would be cost-effective, save ...

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Indian-origin researchers bionic eye may help restore basic vision to the blind

August 11th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 11 (ANI): People who are on the verge of losing their eyesight may now breathe a sigh of relief, for now an Indian-origin scientist and his colleague have developed ...

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Why horror movies make some scream, some laugh

August 11th, 2008 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Aug 11(ANI): The reason why horror films make some people scream, while others laugh, has been unravelled by an international team of German and American researchers. Dr. Martin Reuter of ...

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Brain stimulation used in curing deep depression

July 22nd, 2008 - 10:58 am ICT by IANS -
Toronto, July 22 (IANS) Canadian researchers claim to have successfully used an electrical surgical technique to relieve severe mental depression in chronic cases. A team of researchers at Toronto Western Hospital subjected ...

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Soon, a device that allows objects to be controlled by your thoughts

July 20th, 2008 - 3:40 pm ICT by ANI -
London, July 20 (ANI): Computers and devices controlled by humans will no longer be restricted to sci-fi movies and cartoons, for a group of Brit researchers are trying to turn science ...

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A new implant to block fat absorption, reduce obesity

June 27th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, June 27 (IANS) A promising new implant to reduce obesity is likely to replace existing bariatric surgeries, which are painful and invasive, according to a study here. In a six-month open ...

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Indian-origin researchers saucer-shaped aircraft all set to fly

June 24th, 2008 - 4:21 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 24 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher at the University of Florida has revealed that a new wingless, saucer-shaped aircraft he has made is all set to take to the skies. ...

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Italian expert to spend months in cave

June 21st, 2008 - 7:09 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Cagliari (Sardinia), June 21 (DPA) An Italian speleologist or cave specialist plans to descend 50 metres below the ground in an effort to break the world record for time spent living ...

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Exciton-based circuits to enable faster computing

June 20th, 2008 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS -
Washington, June 20 (IANS) Particles called excitons that emit a strong pulse of energy as they decay could soon enable a new and faster mode of computing, according to a study. Transistors ...

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Indian origin scientist designs plasma-propelled flying saucer

June 12th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 12 (ANI): A scientist of Indian origin from the University of Florida in the US has conceptualized the design for a plasma-propelled flying saucer. The scientist in question is Subrata ...

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Tune-deaf people may recognise a wrong note unconsciously

June 11th, 2008 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington , June 11 (ANI): A new research has shown that people with tune deafness, an auditory processing disorder in which a person with normal hearing has trouble distinguishing notes in ...

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Brains prediction of instant happenings allows timely limb movements

June 7th, 2008 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI -
Washington, June 7 (ANI): Scientists suggest that it is the ability of the brain to predict what will happen in a very near future that enables people to make timely movements ...

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Soon, hi-tech undies to save men from heart attack and stroke

June 5th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Melbourne , June 5 (ANI): Men should get ready for new high-tech undies that would not only make women drool over them, but would also save them from health risks like ...

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Graphene-based gadgets may only be few years away

May 26th, 2008 - 10:25 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 26 (ANI): Its only a matter of a few years before scientists develop graphene based computer and TV displays, for researchers at the University of Manchester have taken a ...

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Now, underpants that can sense your blood pressure

May 20th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 20 (ANI): All thanks to technology and the human mind, one day hardware-laden undergarments will be a necessity in every mans life. And the latest invention causing a shake ...

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Now, a brain stimulation method to halt migraine attacks at home

May 18th, 2008 - 10:05 am ICT by admin -
London, May 17 (ANI): A team of British researchers has developed a brain stimulation method that can be used at home to short-circuit migraines before they become disabling. Professor Vince Walsh ...

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MIT improves fuel cell output 50 percent

May 16th, 2008 - 2:58 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 16 (IANS) An improved fuel cell, developed by MIT engineers, not only delivers 50 percent greater output, but is also substantially cheaper than older counterparts. "Our goal is to replace ...

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50 % more efficient fuel cell may revolutionise portable electronics

May 16th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 16 (ANI): MIT researchers claim they have boosted the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally ...

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Electrode re-implantation may help Parkinsons patients

May 13th, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Patients with Parkinsons disease, who continue to experience severe symptoms despite electrode implantation to stimulate the brain, may benefit from additional surgery to adjust electrode placement, according ...

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New device uses carbon nanotubes to rate chillis hotness

May 13th, 2008 - 4:17 pm ICT by admin -
London, May 13 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new device that takes the help of carbon nanotubes to provide an objective and cost effective way to rate how hot a particular ...

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Graphene-based gadgets may only be few years away

May 1st, 2008 - 12:42 pm ICT by admin -
Washington , May 1 (ANI): Its only a matter of a few years before scientists develop graphene based computer and TV displays, for researchers at the University of Manchester have taken ...

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Detox diets may not be so healthy after all

April 29th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin -
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): Detox diets may not be as beneficial as you may think for experts have revealed that detox diets, procedures generally don't promote health. While writing in Harvard Women's ...

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