The study, published in Nature, found that when research subjects had their brains connected to a computer displaying two merged images, they could force the computer to display one of the images and discard the other. The signals transmitted from each subject’s brain to the computer were derived from just a handful of brain cells.
Did you know the Statue of Liberty turns 124 years old today? The statue was originally a gift from France as a sign of their friendship with the United States, and today it is a popular tourist attraction to those visiting New York City. I remember being on a New York City field trip when … Read more
Small genetic differences between individuals help explain why some people have a higher risk than others for developing illnesses such as diabetes or cancer. Today in the journal Nature, the 1000 Genomes Project, an international public-private consortium, published the most comprehensive map of these genetic differences, called variations, estimated to contain approximately 95 percent of … Read more
More than 2.5 million images and figures from medical and life sciences journals are now available through Images, a new resource for finding images in biomedical literature. The database was developed and will be maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), a division of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National … Read more
Trick-or-Treat? How about treat? Today we will start doing a post every Saturday on GovGab. Instead of our normal posts though, we will take turns posting about important government information from the previous week and even preview some things we find interesting for the upcoming week. With no further ado here are our inaugural weekly picks: Make a Difference Day took … Read more
Premature infants often suffer from respiratory problems due to their underdeveloped lungs. Over the past decade, many of these infants have been treated with inhaled nitric oxide — a treatment designed to ease breathing by widening blood vessels in the lungs. This week, an independent panel convened by the National Institutes of Health determined that … Read more
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health concluded that programs to boost the academic achievement of children from low income neighborhoods might be more successful if they also provided adult literacy education to parents.