Science&Technology – EuroTimes

Why is writing by hand important?

John B. Rowlands — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 06:56:29 +0000

Has the value of writing by hand gone forever? Not according to new research examining the cognitive benefits of pen and paper. When was the last time we recorded something by hand? For many of us, writing by hand may have become a rare, if not abandoned, practice. Being able to take notes on phones […]

Researchers Use AI Tools to Uncover Connections Between Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer and Heart Complications

John B. Rowlands — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:02:26 +0000

Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer. Their results are published […]

Putin‘s personal gerontologist, who worked to extend life to 120 years, has died

John B. Rowlands — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 04:56:33 +0000

Vladimir Havinson, one of the most famous Russian gerontologists, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and founder of the Institute of Gerontology, died at the age of 77, The Moscow Times reports. Havinson has been called “Putin’s personal gerontologist” in the press and has spent decades researching the aging process and ways to extend […]

Getting older doesn’t make you wiser, a scientific study has shown

John B. Rowlands — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 04:56:32 +0000

Aging does not lead to wisdom, a scientific study has shown, reported “Daily Mail”. Dr. Judith Gluck of the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, conducted research linking age to mental capacity. The link between aging and getting wiser cannot be proven statistically, the study finds, despite popular culture. Getting older won’t necessarily make you smarter, Dr. […]

Women‘s tears contain chemicals that block male aggression

John B. Rowlands — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 01:53:50 +0000

Women’s tears contain chemicals that block male aggression, a study by Israeli scientists found, cited by the electronic edition “Euricalert”. Specialists from the Weizmann Institute of Science found that tears lead to a reduction in brain activity associated with aggression, which in turn limits such behavior in the representatives of the stronger sex. The effect […]

Advancing Human-Robot Interactions in Healthcare

John B. Rowlands — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:55:24 +0000

When he isn’t investigating human motor control, the graduate student gives back by volunteering with programs that helped him grow as a researcher in the field of human-robot interactions in healthcare. An accomplished MIT student researcher in health care robotics with many scholarship and fellowship awards, A. Michael West is nonchalant about how he chose […]

A gene for insomnia that haunts us throughout our lives discovered

John B. Rowlands — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 09:56:20 +0000

The studies will help scientists to prevent night waking problems A new study shows that specific patterns in DNA may determine whether we develop insomnia, reports MailOnline. Researchers in the Netherlands collected genetic information from 2,500 unborn babies and followed them up to age 15, measuring their sleep patterns. They found that teenagers with genes […]

Sex reassignment surgeries banned in Russia

John B. Rowlands — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:51 +0000

The lower house of the Russian parliament – the State Duma – adopted on 14.07.2023 in the third, final reading a bill that would prohibit the performance of sex-change operations, reported Reuters. The bill prohibits doctors from “performing a medical intervention intended to change human sex” and from prescribing hormone therapy to patients. An exception […]

A “smart” bandage that controls the healing process of wounds created

John B. Rowlands — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:55:44 +0000

It is made of a flexible and stretchable polymer containing embedded electronics and medication Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have developed a “smart” wound dressing that supports tissue regeneration and controls the healing process, reports the site of the educational institution. In most cases, when someone cuts, scrapes, burns, or gets another wound, […]

Artificial intelligence can predict depression and anxiety

John B. Rowlands — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 16:55:41 +0000

It has been found that mental health problems are often reflected in the language used by sufferers Researchers at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil are using artificial intelligence and the social platform Twitter to create predictive models for depression and anxiety, which in the future may help detect these conditions before clinical diagnosis. […]