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7-May-12

Quest for the connectome: scientists investigate ways of mapping the brain

"Researchers have a goal so ambitious it is almost unthinkable - learning how all 85bn neurons in the human brain are wired up"

Category: Medical Physics

3-May-12

Eye implants restore 'useful sight' to two blind patients

"Doctors, led by Kings College and Oxford surgeons, restore rudimentary monochrome vision to trial patients"

Category: Medical Physics

13-Jan-12

Is nanotechnology going to send us all to hell?

"Transhumanism and eternal life are on no serious scientists' agendas, but there may still be real moral concerns around nanotech"


18-Apr-11

Drugs lose effectiveness in space

Astronauts on long space missions may not be able to take paracetamol to treat a headache or antibiotics to fight infection, a study has found.


26-Nov-10

Chip implant developed to help the paralysed exercise

A tiny, implantable chip that delivers electrical impulses to aid in exercising paralysed limbs has been unveiled by scientists.


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