Mobile gaming has become one of the commonest forms of entertainment worldwide. However, little is known about how mobile games of different genres affect various brain functions. What is the effect of specific mobile game genres on alertness? Are players […]
When parents explain the world to their children, they do so in a way suited to the child’s age. Researchers now say: a computer or smartphone could be able to do just the same. By Marcin Bugdol Age estimation is […]
The future of our planet is at stake. Plastic waste is piling up and nature-inspired alternatives are urgently needed. In a quest to tackle this issue, scientists are actively looking for sustainable solutions – even in the deepest corners of […]
Skin, the largest organ in the human body, is receptive to therapeutic and preventative drug delivery. This is especially useful for drugs that are poorly absorbed, or have severe side-effects or toxicity when delivered via oral and other routes. Drug […]
Today, “Smart Home” technologies – connected devices and sensors in the home – lure consumers with the promise to improve everyday life through automation, remote access to the home and more detailed information about the family’s life. But where there […]
Diospyros lotus, commonly known as date-plum due to its taste being similar to both dates and plums, is a sub-tropical plant native to certain regions of southwest Asia and southeast Europe. Researchers from Pakistan explain how they used extracts from […]
Biobanks collect, process and store human bodily substances, such as blood or tissue, under well-defined and controlled conditions. By using these biosamples and related patient data for their research, scientists can gain deeper insights into a particular disease and develop […]
Currently, the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is prone to subjective bias introduced by the specialist testing for the disorder. For this reason, researchers have developed a new, objective test system that is based on electro-physiological signals generated […]
Disability, specifically losing the use of one’s limbs, has a profound impact on quality of life. Improving tools designed to enable paralysed individuals to regain independence is a major focus of modern-day medicine, and recent advances in computational science have […]
Researchers based in Iran and the US have developed a new method to estimate “effective brain connectivity”, which can be used to help understand the interactions between different brain areas. By feeding a computational model with real electroencephalogram (EEG) data, […]
