New gene therapy to restore hand function
A new hope for recovery of hands functionality after a spinal cord injury comes from researchers at King's College London
Consciousness, the most mysterious universal phenomenon | IBSA Foundation
Why are we conscious? So far nobody knows the answer to this query. But as the philosopher David Chalmers explains, to find it out we will need radical ideas, ...
Discovered 27 unknown infecting bees viruses
An international team of researchers has identified 27 types of viruses, hitherto unknown, that infect bees (the results of the study were published in the ...
The internet of things explained by a philosopher
We are hearing more and more about the Internet of Things. What is it all about? Luciano Floridi explains it to us in this video.
Recreate the intestine? You can, thanks (also) to a spring
Recreate in the lab animal, or even human organs (or parts of them), similar to those present inside the body, to better study diseases and possible ...
A sound will tell us whether the cell is healthy | IBSA Foundation
Dario Polli is a Professor of Physics at the Politecnico di Milano who develops new laser systems to vibrate the molecules: we could say that he is a kind of ...
For the first time, a lab-created human prion
Do you remember the mad cow syndrome and especially its human version, Creutzfeldt Jakob's disease? After the emergencies of about twenty years ago, we do not ...
Sea waves? They "throw" viruses and bacteria
For several decades, between 1800 and 1900, one of the popular therapies more or less for any illness envisaged exposure to sea air, without any supporting ...
The first artificial intelligence that knows how to listen like a human being | IBSA Foundation
Researchers at MIT have created the first artificial neuronal network that can recognize sounds like a human ear.
How to extract water from desert air
Is it possible to collect water directly from air in the planet most arid places, to at least partially compensate for water scarcity
Establishment of EU ethical guidelines for the use of Artificial Intelligence | IBSA Foundation
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming the focus of attention of political institutions. Its implications and how to drive innovation forward was ...
Out of Cambridge, the super-map of proteins in human blood
Thanks to innovative technology, researchers from the University of Cambridge (Great Britain), together with colleagues from other international institutions, ...
A semi-transparent film transforms solar energy into electricity
It is customary to see classic silicone solar panels on roofs and the sides of buildings. However, in order to exploit the potential of...
Even the “devices” implanted in our bodies are wireless
The number of medical devices that can be implanted into the human body is constantly increasing
The healing power of mathematics
Her name is Irina Kareva and she is a young scientist that uses mathematical models applied to biology and, in particular, to the development of anti-cancer ...
Hospital infections, the "tricks" of the superbugs
Hospital infections caused by bacteria resistant to antibiotics are a reason for great worry for international health authorities, and cause several thousand ...
Diamonds can be bent too
Very small synthetic diamonds are also bendable and this flexibility opens the doors to countless new applications in the field of optics, physics and ...
How do we listen to music? Does it depends on our biases? | IBSA Foundation
It is 2007 Joshua Bell, an internationally-renowned violinist, started to play with a Stradivarius in the Washington underground. And no one stopped to listen ...