Natalia Tchemodanov
Joined Patexia at Sep 17, 2011
Natalia Tchemodanov
Nov 1, 2011
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA was abuzz with coffee-fueled conversation the weekend of Oct. 21-22nd as a very diverse bunch - scientists, biotechnology lawyers, software designers, students, hardware developers, bioinformaticists, futurists - gathered at the second annual Open Science Summit for a two-day powwow. The venue was aptly picked for... Read More
Natalia Tchemodanov
Oct 18, 2011
It has been a very good couple of years for nanotechnology. That much can be easily said in between last year's Nobel prize for graphene (which is one atom thin and promises to keep Moore's Law alive with teeny-tiny semiconductors) and the recent announcement of nanotube cable wire that finally... Read More
Natalia Tchemodanov
Oct 12, 2011
In a Duke University laboratory, a monkey uses a brain-computer interface to control a digital monkey arm and literally feel the texture of objects in a virtual environment. The experiment, carried out by the Nicolelis Lab at Duke University Medical Center, demonstrates a major step towards brain-machine devices that not... Read More
Natalia Tchemodanov
Oct 4, 2011
Scientists at the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute in Australia successfully bring to term six healthy shark pups — in an artificial womb. This uterus is no cozy dark place: it is a series of fluid exchange tubes and life support equipment, and takes up as much room as a good-sized... Read More
Natalia Tchemodanov
Sep 28, 2011
A neuroimaging research group from the University of California, Berkeley, recently astonished the world with images of video clips reconstructed from the subjects' brain activity. The study, performed by the research group of Dr. Jack Gallant, was published online in the journal "Current Biology" September 22, 2011. It has since... Read More