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Chau and Luu are not the first to experiment with a technique like this. In the terra incognita of cognitive research, brain-computer interfaces are increasingly common - but complicated. Typically, subjects have to be trained to use them and must rehearse a random, energy-intensive brain task like mentally singing a song in order to light up a pattern of brain activity that sends a signal to the researchers. The new technique extracts information much more directly by targeting the frontal lobe's preference functions. What's more, while other studies have required the subjects to activate their brains over...
...Walker is the founder and CEO of Asianomics Limited, a Hong Kong consulting and economic-research company...
...said that he was “prompted by curiosity” about the specific causes of heart attacks, adding that when he began there was no strong evidence for any specific gene association with heart attacks. The information from O’Donnell’s previous research, as well as data from six other labs, was compiled into a set of 3,000 heart attack patients and 3,000 controls. Researchers performed a million tests on each patient’s DNA for a total of 6 billion tests, said O’Donnell. The study used...
...billion economic stimulus package approved yesterday by the U.S. Senate includes $10 billion in funding for biomedical research—almost triple the amount allocated by the U.S. House of Representatives two weeks ago. The research grants, to be awarded by the National Institutes of Health, will be welcomed by Harvard’s vast arrays of researchers and medical affiliates. For years, they have criticized the federal government for inadequately funding scientific research. According to Harvard statements on the issue, the NIH is currently able to fund less than two out of every ten grant applications, and thousands...
Engineering Professor Howard A. Stone is one of 65 newly-elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, according to a NAE statement released Friday. Stone was inducted for his research in viscous flow fluid dynamics, and joins 17 other Harvard professors who are currently members of the society. According to fellow NAE member and engineering professor John W. Hutchinson, Stone’s election reflects the quality of the Harvard engineering faculty, and in particular, the significance of his research. “His election is an honor especially for someone as young...