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In the new research, which was conducted in collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsIn the new research, which was conducted in collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsin collaboration with Duke - NUS Medical School in Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsin Singapore, scientists used computational techniques to scan thousands of genes and mutations associated with epilepsy.

To that end, Oxford grad student Samantha Brown reported in a poster that she discovered a human bone fragment by using a new technique, called ZooMS, to scan 2315 bones from the cave for uniquely human proteins.

For the study, published in the journal Nature Communications, the researchers used a technique recently borrowed from the computer science field by neuroscientists — multivariate pattern analysis — to examine brain scans that were taken while people looked at a picture of someone who had rejected them.

Researchers use a brain - scanning technique to find differences in the neural connections of PTSD patients that could help researchers understand and treat the disorder

The technique developed by collaborator Tom Kaye of the Foundation for Scientific Advancement, scans the fossils with a violet laser in a dark room.

Diagnostic techniques common in human medicine, such as CT and MRI scanning and molecular studies, are now being used to improve insight into the causes.

The team employed a technique called Southern blotting to examine fragments of the BRCA1 gene that are much larger than the tiny snippets scanned by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in commercial tests.

And similarly neuroscience, revolutionised by the capacity of PET scanning techniques to observe for the first time the brain «in action», promised to clarify the physical basis of the human mind, thinking, memorising, perceiving and interpreting the world «out there».

Around the same time, courts in India started accepting evidence from an extremely controversial brain scanning technique called brain electrical oscillation signature (BEOS) profiling.

In one of the first studies of its kind to use a special scanning technique, researchers found that people with a history of heart disease had substantially lower cortical volumetric bone mineral density in their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those withouIn one of the first studies of its kind to use a special scanning technique, researchers found that people with a history of heart disease had substantially lower cortical volumetric bone mineral density in their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those withouin their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those without.

The researchers used a technique called laser scanning photostimulation to map the connections between individual subplate neuron cells in the brains of the mouse pups.

The researchers used a technique called multi-image photogrammetry and laser scanning to capture the prints in three dimensions.

More detailed studies can be done by measuring blood flow in the brain, using the scanning technique known as positron emission tomography (PET).

Like MRI scans used in medicine, the technique works by converting these cross-sectional «slices» into a 3 - D image.

By using new techniques based on computerised X-ray micro-tomography (CT scan) and digital three - dimensional modelling, Benoit found that the maxillary canal of therapsids, a bony tube in the snout of the animal that houses the trigeminal nerve, is shorter in therapsids than in reptiles.

They proposed a new way to study a cuprate, one that no other group had tried: a powerful imaging technique developed by Davis, called sublattice imaging - which is performed using a specialized scanning tunneling microscope (STM) capable of determining the electronic structure in different subsets of the atoms in the crystal, the so - called sublattices.

The primary outcome was aortic inflammation, as measured by 18 - FDG - PET / CT scans — an imaging technique that reveals inflammation in the aorta.

The technique will give a picture of the body's naturally occurring sodium and how it is trafficked in the body and will not require any invasive addition of sodium to the scanned subject.»

In the last few years, cutting - edge CT scans and other novel techniques have dramatically altered how paleontologists visualize and study ancient life.

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with specially engineered quantum dots.

Using a variety of techniques, the researchers scanned the genetic material for so - called copy number variants, in which relatively long stretches of DNA are lost or gained.

«The number of new diagnostic and prognostic tools for dementia is steadily increasing and there are a lot of different scanning techniques currently being used in clinical research settings.

Techniques that scan for hundreds of thousands of genetic differences at once are linking particular variations to particular traits and diseases in ways not possible before.

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with the quantum dots.

An international group of researchers developed a technique that results in more accurate 3 - D scanning for reconstructing complex objects than what currently exists.

Because cement is a heterogeneous material, made up of multiple components, Shahrin used a scanning electron microscopy / X-ray technique to find the areas in cement samples that had the highest ratio of C - S - H relative to other constituent materials.

To determine the structural and chemical composition of the soft tissues Lindgren collected and see if the fossil sea turtle did have a dark colored shell, the researchers subjected the sample to a selection of high - resolution analytical techniques, including field emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG - SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), in situ immunohistochemistry, time - of - flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF - SIMS), and infrared (IR) microspectroscopy.

About 3,000 DHS officers already roam the nation's airports scanning for suspicious behavior and facial expressions in a program called Screening of Passengers by Observational Techniques, or SPOT.

So with techniques normally used for studying prehistoric humans, researchers created a 3D image of Descartes's brain (above) by scanning the impression it left on the inside of his skull, which has been kept for almost 200 years now in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris.

As venom glands don't fossilise, Benoit and his colleagues from at Wits University, in association with the Natural History Museum of London used cutting edge CT scanning and 3D imagery techniques to analyse the only two fossilised skulls of the Euchambersia ever found, and discovered stunning anatomical adaptions that are compatible with venom production.

Using a variety of techniques, including Synchrotron Rapid Scanning X-ray Fluorescence — a chemical imaging method developed at Stanford University that permits the detection of low levels of elements across large surfaces — the team was able to visualize the remains of pigments in several fossil birds, including the 150 - million - year - old Archaeopteryx and the 125 - million - year - old Confuciusornis.

The group is applying advanced image analysis techniques to 4D CT scans already performed as a standard step in targeting lung cancer radiotherapy, to map areas of lung function without additional testing.

Inspired by rats and seals, scientists have developed a robotic «whisker» that detects air currents and builds two - dimensional images of what it senses using tomography, an imaging technique commonly implemented in MRI or CT scans.

Radiologist Shumei Li at Guangdong No. 2 Provincial People's Hospital in Guangzhou, China, and her team scanned the brains of 30 healthy sleepers and 23 severe insomniacs using diffusion tensor imaging MRI, a technique that lights up the white matter circuitry.

The testing schedule in New Zealand, limited at first, expanded as they added new techniques and technologies, such as DNA analysis, retinal imaging (which can help gauge the brain's vascular health), and scans of brain activity.

In collaboration with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid, the researchers investigated the effects of acetate in the hypothalamus using a cutting - edge scanning technique called High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR - MASIn collaboration with Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Madrid, the researchers investigated the effects of acetate in the hypothalamus using a cutting - edge scanning technique called High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR - MASin Madrid, the researchers investigated the effects of acetate in the hypothalamus using a cutting - edge scanning technique called High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR - MASin the hypothalamus using a cutting - edge scanning technique called High Resolution Magic Angle Spinning (HR - MAS).

In the study published this week in the journal Science, the research team described how they enhanced an existing imaging technique, called scanning tunneling microscopy, to capture signals from the Majorana particle at both ends of an atomically thin iron wire stretched on the surface of a crystal of leaIn the study published this week in the journal Science, the research team described how they enhanced an existing imaging technique, called scanning tunneling microscopy, to capture signals from the Majorana particle at both ends of an atomically thin iron wire stretched on the surface of a crystal of leain the journal Science, the research team described how they enhanced an existing imaging technique, called scanning tunneling microscopy, to capture signals from the Majorana particle at both ends of an atomically thin iron wire stretched on the surface of a crystal of lead.

Schopf used several techniques to analyze the fossils, including Raman spectroscopy — which enables scientists to look inside rocks to determine their composition and chemistry — and confocal laser scanning microscopy — which renders fossils in 3 - D.

Chemists from Trinity College Dublin, in collaboration with RCSI, have devised a revolutionary new scanning technique that produces extremely high - res 3D images of bones — without expo... Read more

In the article, Henderson and Lyubinetsky highlight the growing use of scanning probe microscopy techniques.

As shown by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Dr. Michael Henderson and Dr. Igor Lyubinetsky in their invited review article, using scanning probe microscopy techniques, in particular scanning tunneling microscopy or STM, allows scientists to understand fundamental interactions that are key to our energy future.

He has been granted several patents in scanning probe and optical techniques and has previous start - up experience with LifeBits AG, a venture specialising in DNA recognition using compact disc technology.

We have extensive and unique capabilities in coupling electrochemical cells into the various scanning probe and x-ray techniques.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and the 30th anniversary since the first paper in atomic force microscopy (AFM), Nanotechnology ™ has been organising a focus collection with guest editors Franz Giessibl, Rodolfo Miranda and Johannes Barthes to collate some of the latest cutting - edge progress developing and exploiting these scanning probe techniques.

As the studied chemical reactions occur very rapidly — in less than a second — and the ALS technique can take about 20 minutes to scan a single spot on a particle, the researchers used a layer of chemically active molecules, which were attached to the surface of the particle, as markers for the catalytic reactivity.

Researchers at DTU have led the field for 20 years in developing the imaging technique used in ultrasound scanners, e.g. for scanning of pregnant...

The technique, called FDG PET - CT, uses the anatomical data obtained by CT scan, and overlays it with metabolic data of glucose uptake by cells in tissues.

To uncover the intermediate steps, Wiedner and Bullock combined two techniques: variable scan rate cyclic voltammetry and foot - of - the - wave analysis, in PNNL's Physical Sciences Laboratory.

Our research combines diverse techniques ranging from genomics, computational biology, tumour imaging, in vitro and in vivo functional models to study biological and clinical phenotypes.The proteins produced by these genes may serve as targets for novel chemotherapy drugs and other cancer treatments, or imaging scans.