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Stable platform introduced for neuroscience experiments
An ultra-stable platform, the V-Deck has been announced by Prior Scientific, developed for neuroscience and electrophysiology that offers you the ability to quickly and precisely adjust sample height. The new V-Deck sets a new benchmark for operational stability. Versatility to optimally image from thin sections right through to whole animal samples is ensured through the available of a wide range of height adjustable, lockable platform...
Autonomous drones fly into the oil and gas industry
SkyX has announced its public launch as it prepares to secure its Round A financing. Founded by a former Captain in the Israeli Air Force and a Drone Pilot, Didi Horn, SkyX has developed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles – commonly known as ‘drones’ – to service the oil and gas industry.
Brain’s navigation more complex than previously thought
Just like a driver in a car, the brain needs some basic navigational instruments to get around, and it is not an idle analogy. In fact, scientists have found brain cells that are similar to speedometers, compasses, GPS and even collision warning systems. That simple analogy, however, may belie the more complex way our brains actually map out the world, Stanford researchers report in Neuron.
'Klosneuviruses': next-gen group of giant viruses discovered
After discovering a novel group of giant viruses with a more complete set of translation machinery genes than any other virus known to date, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility, believe that this group (dubbed 'Klosneuviruses') significantly increases our understanding of viral evolution.
How sleep deprivation affects memory-making in the brain
Scientists have known that a lack of sleep can interfere with the ability to learn and make memories. Now, a group of University of Michigan researchers have found how sleep deprivation affects memory-making in the brain. Previously, researchers knew that depriving mice of sleep after the mice performed a task resulted in the mice forgetting aspects of that task.
Study explains varying outcomes for Down Syndrome
Aneuploidy is a condition in which cells contain an abnormal number of chromosomes, and is known to be the cause of many types of cancer and genetic disorders, including Down Syndrome. The condition is also the leading cause of miscarriage. Disorders caused by aneuploidy are unusual in that the severity of their effects often varies widely from one individual to another.
Brain circuit necessary for memory formation identified
When we visit a friend or go to the beach, our brain stores a short-term memory of the experience in a part of the brain called the hippocampus. Those memories are later “consolidated” — that is, transferred to another part of the brain for longer-term storage. A MIT study of the neural circuits that underlie this process reveals, for the first time, that memories are actually formed simultaneously in the hippocampus and th...
The return of UK Robotics Week
As UK Robotics Week returns, the role the UK plays at the heart of robotics innovation will be shared again with the public as the event will incorporate an expanded nationwide programme of events for this week-long celebration taking place 24-30th June 2017.
Spinal cord stimulation helps man move paralysed legs
Mayo Clinic researchers used electrical stimulation on the spinal cord and intense physical therapy to help a man intentionally move his paralysed legs, stand and make steplike motions for the first time in three years. The case, the result of collaboration with UCLA researchers, appears in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
Bioresorbable coronary scaffold has been cleared in Europe
REVA Medical, a San Diego, California firm, has landed the European CE Mark for its first product, the drug-eluting bioresorbable Fantom coronary scaffold. The device contains sirolimus, aka rapamycin, an immunosuppressant to help prevent restenosis, which is delivered to the implantation area slowly over time. The device itself eventually breaks up and is resorbed by the body.