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Paolo Rossi Castelli05 Apr 20191 min read

How we can “see” the hidden parts of the brain

Discovering the composition of the indecipherable areas of the brain could soon be possible, thanks to diattenuation imaging.
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Luca Nicola03 Apr 20192 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli01 Apr 20192 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola25 Mar 20192 min read

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?
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Paolo Rossi Castelli22 Mar 20191 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola20 Mar 20192 min read

The risks of perfectionism

Thomas Curran is a social psychologist who has been studying the effects of perfectionism in American, Canadian and British students.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli18 Mar 20192 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola15 Mar 20192 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli13 Mar 20192 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli08 Mar 20193 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli06 Mar 20192 min read

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.
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Paolo Rossi Castelli04 Mar 20191 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola27 Feb 20192 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli25 Feb 20191 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli21 Feb 20191 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli11 Feb 20192 min read

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.
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Luca Nicola08 Feb 20192 min read

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 ...
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Paolo Rossi Castelli06 Feb 20191 min read

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 ...
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