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Lightning Strikes, in the Form of Bits and Bytes
October 19, 2011 — Scientists are utilizing a superfast computer system for simulating lightning strikes. Their objectives are arriving at better understandings of the effects of lightning strikes on humans and ... > full story -
Pushing the Limits of Performance
October 17, 2011 — Deceiving the brain can lead to an improvement of up to five per cent in sporting performance, according to research from the UK -- news which could have a significant impact on athletes' chances in ... > full story -
Differing Structures Underlie Differing Brain Rhythms in Healthy and Ill, Virtual Modeling Reveals
October 14, 2011 — Virtual brains modeling epilepsy and schizophrenia display less complexity among functional connections, and other differences compared to healthy brain models, researchers report. The researchers ... > full story -
Talk to the Virtual Hands: Body Language of Both Speaker and Listener Affects Success in Virtual Reality Communication Game
October 12, 2011 — New research finds that the lack of gestural information from both speaker and listener limits successful communication in virtual ... > full story -
Monkeys 'Move and Feel' Virtual Objects Using Only Their Brains
October 5, 2011 — In a first ever demonstration of a two-way interaction between a primate brain and a virtual body, two trained monkeys learned to employ brain activity alone to move an avatar hand and identify the ... > full story -
New Technique Offers Enhanced Security for Sensitive Data in Cloud Computing
October 5, 2011 — Researchers have developed a new, experimental technique to better protect sensitive information in cloud computing -- without significantly affecting the system's overall ... > full story -
Form Follows Family -- Not Function: Humans and Chimpanzees Have Similar Long Bone Shape
October 4, 2011 — Although humans and chimpanzees move quite differently, muscle attachment sites at their thighbones are similar. This result has major consequences for the interpretation of fossil hominin ... > full story -
Virtual Reality Worm-Tracking Challenge Leads to New Tool for Brain Research
October 3, 2011 — Using new optical equipment, researchers put roundworms into a world of virtual reality, monitored both their behavior and brain activity and gained unexpected information on how the organism's brain ... > full story -
Virtual Fly-Through Bronchoscopy Yields Real Results
October 3, 2011 — For patients with non-small cell lung cancer the accurate determination of the lymph node status before therapy is critical to develop an individualized treatment plan. Research from the October ... > full story -
3-D Microscope Opens Eyes to Prehistoric Oceans and Present-Day Resources
September 20, 2011 — A research team has turned their newly developed 3-D microscope technology on ancient sea creatures and hopes to expand its ... > full story
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