Brain Training May Help Clear Cognitive Fog Caused by Chemotherapy
The mental fuzziness induced by cancer treatment could be eased by cognitive exercises performed online, say researchers.
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Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing Powers
Here’s the smartphone technology that alerts a doctor when patients are headed for trouble.
Cheap Magnetic Helmet Detects Some Kinds of Brain Damage
Prototype spots swelling and bleeding in a pilot study—but the novel technique employed is relatively unproven.
Google and NASA Launch Quantum Computing AI Lab
The Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab will use the most advanced commercially available quantum computer, the D-Wave Two.
Novel Material Shows Promise for Extracting Uranium from Seawater
A so-called metal-organic framework could offer a better way to get at the vast uranium resource dissolved in the ocean.
Google’s Social Network Gets Smarter
With dozens of new features, Google’s social network is becoming more like a photo service and a news site.
Google Wants to Help Apps Track You
Google will help people who build Android apps follow their users around without draining too much battery life.
Treading Carefully, Google Encourages Developers to Hack Glass
Breaking its own restrictions, Google will show developers how to build any kind of app for Google Glass.
Augmenting Social Reality in the Workplace
A new line of research examines what happens in an office where the positions of the cubicles and walls—even the coffee pot—are all determined by data.
Synthetic Biology Could Speed Flu Vaccine Production
Advanced genetic engineering is already changing vaccine development and could make inroads into other branches of medicine.
