What is the advantage of being left-handed? | IBSA Foundation
The neuroscientist Giorgio Vallortigara talks about how the human race has a majority that prefers to use their right hand, whereas a small minority of people ...
A test for the “mysterious” fibromyalgia from the USA | IBSA Foundation
Thanks to a study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry by researchers from Ohio, Fibromyalgia diagnosis could become easier.
Are we risking transmitting our biases to Artificial Intelligence? | IBSA Foundation
The technologist Kriti Sharma raises a very serious issue: are we risking transmitting our biases to Artificial Intelligence?
Confirmed once again: narcolepsy has an autoimmune origin | IBSA Foundation
Recent studies published in the scientific journal Nature have confirmed that narcolepsy has an autoimmune origin.
The risks of perfectionism
Thomas Curran is a social psychologist who has been studying the effects of perfectionism in American, Canadian and British students.
3D printer that “extends” new skin over burns | IBSA Foundation
An innovative prototype of 3D printer promises to replace strips of skin without any size restrictions and without the need for skin grafts.
The learning processes of Artificial Intelligence become art
How Artificial Intelligence can influence the urban environment and the production of art in public spaces? Reflections from Hito Steyerl.
956 DNA variants behind the risk of insomnia | IBSA Foundation
For the first time a complete “genetic map” of insomnia has been drawn up by an international team of neurophysiologists.
Fighting Parkinson’s by injecting a protein into the brain
A new study has given hope to people suffering from Parkinson’s disease and from illnesses in which nerve cells do not work as they should.
Can intestinal bacteria trigger depression?
What does intestinal microbiota have to do with depression? A lot, according to a recent report published in the journal Nature Microbiology.
Possible antibiotics for humans from insect bacteria
New antibiotics may come from an unexpected source: the (Streptomyces) bacteria that infect insects, or that live in symbiosis with them.
The kinetic marvels of Theo Jansen | IBSA Foundation
“Without imagination we wouldn’t be alive: the task of an artist is to stimulate peoples’ imagination”. This statement made by Theo Jansen on the inauguration ...
Pill inspired by the pufferfish to monitor the stomach | IBSA Foundation
Researchers from the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) of Boston have been inspired by the biological mechanisms of the pufferfish to create a ...
Women? They have brains that are three years’ younger
It is a question of metabolism: the female brain ages slower than the male brain of the same age by approximately three years, and the difference can be ...
The robot-plant that climbs like a tendril
The first flexible robot, capable of imitating the tendrils and coiling around a support, has been created by researchers from the IIT.
Brain activity? A work of art interpreted by Artificial Intelligence | IBSA Foundation
With the collaboration of the neuroscientist Yukiyasu Kamitani of the University of Kyoto, the French artist Pierre Huyghe asked several people to undergo an ...
New strategy: blocking cancer’s “clock
A new area of study could offer unprecedented solutions in the fight against cancer, namely that of attempting to unhinge the circadian rhythms of diseased ...
Missions to Mars? The immune system goes haywire | IBSA Foundation
There is an obstacle that will make missions from Earth to Mars particularly difficult and risky for astronauts: the effects of the lack of gravity and cosmic ...