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Brain-Computer Interface Recreates Bird Song from Brainwaves
Psychology Today | June 28, 2021

Neuroscience researchers create brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) or brain machine interfaces (BMIs) with the aim of restoring impaired motor functions...

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Fact check: Meat digested like any other protein source
USA Today | June 24, 2021

The claim: Because meat has no fiber, body must create mucus to move it through colon. In recent years, Americans have grown more aware of gut health,...

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How researchers reconstruct a bird's song from brain activity
Market Research Telecast | June 23, 2021

At first glance, what researchers at the University of California San Diego are doing seems a bit strange: they recorded the neural activity in zebra ...

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Birds' brain activity translated into song
BBC Science Focus | June 22, 2021

Here's something worth tweeting about: researchers have managed to synthesise birds' brain activity into song. The scientists, which come from the Uni...

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Hydrogel for the heart may prevent a common post-surgical complication
New Atlas | June 21, 2021

After open-heart surgery has been performed, the scar tissue that forms on the heart will sometimes stick to the tissue surrounding it. Such complicat...

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Bird songs may help people with speech loss regain their voice, study says. Here's how
Miami Herald | June 21, 2021

In a proof-of-concept study, a team of UC San Diego engineers and neuroscientists implanted silicon electrodes into zebra finches' brains that recorde...

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As Afghanistan war nears end, details emerge on how Predator drone revolutionized warfare
New Hampshire Union Leader | June 21, 2021

"We've got him! Mission accomplished!" Alec Bierbauer could hardly believe his eyes as he stood before a floor-to-ceiling TV at CIA Headquar...

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Scientists translated a bird's brainwaves into its song
Salon | June 20, 2021

Imagine being able to watch musical notes flying through the air as your favorite relaxing song plays gently through the breeze. In a sense, scientist...

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As Afghanistan war nears end, details emerge on how Predator drone revolutionized warfare
Stars and Stripes | June 20, 2021

"We've got him! Mission accomplished!" Alec Bierbauer could hardly believe his eyes as he stood before a floor-to-ceiling TV at CIA Headquar...

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As Afghanistan war nears end, details emerge on how Predator drone revolutionized warfare
The San Diego Union Tribune | June 20, 2021

The elation was quickly erased by exasperation. The Predator had yet to be equipped with missiles. And it was unclear whether the U.S. had the legal a...

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Bio-inspired hydrogel protects the heart from postoperative adhesions
Florida News Times | June 18, 2021

Researchers have designed a device for safely and accurately spraying hydrogel into the area where open heart surgery is being performed. The device h...

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Bio-inspired hydrogel protects the heart from post-op adhesions
Medical press | June 18, 2021

A hydrogel that forms a barrier to keep heart tissue from adhering to surrounding tissue after surgery was developed and successfully tested in rodent...

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