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EBRAINS Robot Simulation One Step Closer to In-Hand Object Manipulation

A team of scientists in the Human Brain Project is using the EBRAINS research infrastructure to learn more about how the brain coordinates complex hand movements.

3 Jun 2021

EBRAINS Robotic Hand Simulation Begins to Perform Human-Like Digit Configurations

A team of scientists in the Human Brain Project is using the EBRAINS research infrastructure to learn more about how the brain coordinates complex hand movements.

1 Jun 2021

Artifical Intelligence to Predict Heart Disease Risk

A new project using artificial intelligence technology could spell a medical breakthrough for people suffering from, or at risk of, coronary artery disease, the single leading cause of death in Australia. Professor Gir...

1 Jun 2021

Robotic-Exoskeleton Assisted Exercise Therapy Shows Promise for Improving Lives of MS Patients

A team of multiple sclerosis experts at Kessler Foundation led the first pilot randomized controlled trial of robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation effects on mobility, cognition, and brain connectivity in people with substantial MS-related disability.

31 May 2021

Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking has a Beneficial Effect on Bowel Function of Patients with Spinal Cord Injury

A team of researchers has shown that physical intervention plans that included exoskeleton-assisted walking helped people with spinal cord injury evacuate more efficiently and improved the consistency of their stool.

31 May 2021

Expert at Brown Surgical Associates Performs First Robot-Assisted Liver Cancer Resection Procedure

In April 2021, Dr. Subhashini Ayloo, section chief for Brown Surgical Associates' Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery Division, performed Rhode Island's first robotic platform hepatectomy.

28 May 2021

New AI System Could Help Improve Patient Survival, Minimize Side Effects from Chemotherapy

Computer scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago are developing a computational artificial intelligence system they hope will serve as a decision support tool for doctors prescribing treatment for head and neck cancer.

28 May 2021

Machine Learning Technique Measures Topological Traits of Cell Clusters

The field of mathematical topology is often described in terms of donuts and pretzels.

27 May 2021

New Process Uses Streamlined Artificial Intelligence to Identify Active Neurons in Real Time

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed an automatic process that uses streamlined artificial intelligence (AI) to identify active neurons in videos faster and more accurately than current techniques.

27 May 2021

Researchers use Machine Learning to Accurately Diagnose Fetal Heart Defects

UC San Francisco researchers have found a way to double doctors' accuracy in detecting the vast majority of complex fetal heart defects in utero - when interventions could either correct them or greatly improve a child's chance of survival - by combining routine ultrasound imaging with machine-learning computer tools.

27 May 2021