Gene chips accurately diagnose four complex childhood cancers
Artificial intelligence used with gene expression microarrays for the firs...technology of gene chips with a form of artificial intelligence called an artificial neural network (ANN). The neural network automatically analyzes the large amoun...Blood markers associated with autism and mental retardation
... retardation generally score below 70 points on an intelligence quotient (IQ) test and have trouble adapting to complex social situations. Cerebral palsy is a term used to describe a group of chronic disorders caused by faulty early development of or damage to motor areas in the brain. Symptoms of cerebral pals...University of Illinois at Chicago expert tinkers with evolution to create human 'Built-to-Last'
.... Walking upright probably contributed to human intelligence and an expanded foraging range, the authors note, but at the price of aging-related disorders, including slipped disks, lower back pain, varicose veins and worn-out joints. Where our heads are concerned, the authors cite the weak link between the ...Biological warfare: an emerging threat in the 21st century
...hould be spent beefing up America`s anti-terrorist intelligence effort and its emergency response capability. Block also supports the development of hi-tech devices capable of instantaneously detecting lethal bacteria and viruses in the environment, and he encourages the production and stockpiling of new vaccine...New $35.5 million center for mind, brain and learning created at UW
...chines that learn more efficiently, and artificial intelligence will be used to illuminate human learning. Talaris' Medina is excited by the creation of the new center. "This is a major step toward our charge of bringing together people from a wide variety of disciplines to do research in one space and then diss......ion technology, especially data mining, artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics as central features. Eventually through the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute, BMSI will develop various new online training technologies for a preparedness training system that will link federal, state and local agencie...... concentrations and their performance on the fluid intelligence portion of the test. The association was most pron...en B12 deficient. According to the authors, "Fluid intelligence is important because it involves reasoning, the capacity to solve complex problems, abstract thinkin...Discovery shows how brain 'fills in blanks' to help us see
... this knowledge in developing efficient artificial intelligence systems." The next step for the researchers will be to determine where in the brain this is happening. The group also intends to examine how the information we use differs in different populations, like people who have suffered strokes whose percept...Chemical receptor key to fetal development
...ng supports my argument that there's also a lot of intelligence going on beneath our conscious being." The N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor is key to the communication of a chemical signal between two nerve cells. That process, repeated between many cells, "is how a signal is propagated through the brain," Dr...Formula additives boost small children's intelligence in study
... breast milk to infant formula boosted the average intelligence scores in a group of 18-month-old children signifi...id not use a sufficient amount of DHA to influence intelligence scores. In addition, the results of a large, multicenter study are difficult to interpret, because ...Expect rapid, pervasive innovation in 21st century
...e robots will enter the work force. And artificial intelligence may help toimprove the commercial power grid, reducing the frequency of brownouts. While it's impossible to predict exactly what will happen, some future trends are obvious, saysWarren Stevenson, associate dean of engineering at Purdue University. ...Scientists document most recent date for Neandertals
...ists to rethink theories of Neandertal extinction, intelligence andcontributions to the human gene pool. The research on Neandertal fossils fromthe Vindija cave site in Croatia also casts doubt on the theory that the IberianPeninsula was the Neandertals' last refuge. "Most scientists would have expected to find t...Newly released satellite images of Antarctica a valuable scientific benchmark
...t Gore has been working formany years to open U.S. intelligence image archives for scientific use. Therelease of the Dry Valleys images and a previous release of satellite imagesfrom the Arctic Ocean are milestones in the process. The NIMA image set includes a wide-angle snapshot, taken by surveillancesa......The finding also shows that genetic improvement of intelligence and memory inmammals is now feasible, thus offering a striking example of how genetictechnology may affect mankind and society in the next century. "Joe is doing some really interesting and fundamental work," said Ira Black,chairman of neuroscience a...Knowledge-centered awards jump start NSF focus on I.T. for the 21st century
... broad-based research in knowledge and distributed intelligence (KDI). The awards are for projects as varied as knowledge networking in biocomplexity,earthquake computer modeling and case studies in intellectual property. The 31 grants to two dozen institutions in 20 states "clearlydemonstrate the enormou...Plant pathologists to discuss anti-crop bioterrorism and food security, August 1999
...ium to bring together plant pathologists, military intelligence andcriminal experts to discuss anti-crop bioterrorism will be held during the jointAmerican Phytopathological Society (APS) and Canadian Phytopathogical Society(CPS) Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada. This session will feature speakersfrom federal a...Change your diet and it may make you brighter
... chemicals with dietary supplementscould give your intelligence a boost. Concentrations of the chemicals N...warns that othersupposed biochemical indicators of intelligence have proved unreliable. And headds that performance in IQ tests can be affected by many factors, suc...UCSF-Led Team Offers New Insight Into Neurological Basis Of Dyslexia
...t study in seven dyslexic adults who wereof normal intelligence but severely challenged by reading, spelling and writing. Results were compared with those recorded in seven adults of normalintelligence who were competent readers. The dyslexic adults performed poorly on standardized reading tests. And, as hasbee...