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First Professional Basketball Team to Deploy Xenex LightStrike Disinfection Robot

In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis; during the third week of the National Basketball Association's 2021 season, the San Antonio Spurs become the only professional basketball team to debut and deploy the World's First-Proven Coronavirus-Killing UV Ray Robot - the Xenex LightStrike.

18 Jan 2021

Deep Learning Performs Better than Standard Machine Learning Models in Analyzing Neuroimaging Data

Compared to standard machine learning models, deep learning models are largely superior at discerning patterns and discriminative features in brain imaging, despite being more complex in their architecture, according to a new study in Nature Communications led by Georgia State University.

15 Jan 2021

Researchers Receive $1.2 Million Grant to Develop Advanced Healthcare Telemanipulation Robots

Researchers at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Irvine and San Diego State University have been awarded a $1.2 million UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) grant to develop an advanced class of mobile telemanipulation robots.

13 Jan 2021

Study Shows How AI can be Used for Drug Repurposing

A new machine-learning method developed by researchers analyzes huge amounts of data to help establish which existing medications could enhance outcomes in diseases for which they are not prescribed.

5 Jan 2021

New AI-Based Eye Test may Predict Early Macular Disease

Researchers from the University College London (UCL), in association with the Western Eye Hospital in London, have developed a first-of-its-kind eye test that may predict wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD)—the most common cause of severe sight loss—three years before the development of symptoms.

21 Dec 2020

TOMI Announces Continued SteraBot Deployment at Healthcare and Educational Facilities

TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.® (“TOMI”, “the Company”), a global company specializing in disinfection and decontamination, utilizing its premier Binary Ionization Technology Platform through its SteraMist products - a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog composed of ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP™), announces the continued deployment of SteraBot™, a pilot disinfection robot, at healthcare, research and educational facilities.

16 Dec 2020

Robotic Exoskeletons Improve Motor Function in Adolescents with Hemiparesis

Gait training with the help of robotic exoskeletons enhanced motor function in adolescents and young adults with acquired brain injury, demonstrates a study performed by a group of New Jersey researchers.

15 Dec 2020

New AI Could Help Stroke Survivors Get the Right Treatment

Japanese scientists have created an AI that could soon assist stroke survivors to receive the appropriate treatment by sensing the post-stroke depression (PSD) type of a patient—a neuropsychiatric manifestation often observed but usually ignored after a stroke and could weaken the functional recovery.

15 Dec 2020

Research Collaboration Awarded €750,000 to Find AI Routes to Liver Diagnosis

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are part of an international collaboration that has been awarded €750,000 (£690,000) for a project to develop diagnostic tools for liver disease affecting millions worldwide.

15 Dec 2020

New AI Tool Could Make Breast Cancer Treatment Affordable and More Readily Available

?Imagine being a doctor and having a precocious resident permanently by your side, giving you brilliant insight into disease and helping you to identify the best treatment path for your patients.

14 Dec 2020