Novel Technologies News for September 2014

Novel Technologies News Archive

Western neuroscientists decode vegetative state experiences with Hitchcock film Western neuroscientists decode vegetative state experiences with Hitchcock film

Researchers at Western University have extended their game-changing brain scanning techniques by showing that a short Alfred Hitchcock movie can be used to detect consciousness in vegetative state patients. The study included a Canadian participant who had been entirely unresponsive for 16 years, but is now known to be aware and able to follow the plot of movies.

Using Smartphones to Map Parkinson’s and Other Degenerative Diseases Using Smartphones to Map Parkinson’s and Other Degenerative Diseases

Aston Scientist Develops Software to Measure Progression of Degenerative Diseases

Step Towards Breath Test for Lung Cancer Step Towards Breath Test for Lung Cancer

Subtle genetic changes can be detected in the vapour given off by cells engineered to mimic the early stages of lung cancer, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today.