Second skins, recovering paraplegics and more: The most popular science stories of 2016
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Launched today, the annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights the research papers published in the last year that have generated…
Launched today, the annual Altmetric Top 100 highlights the research papers published in the last year that have generated…
Even today, most people would tell you that once someone suffers a spinal cord injury, they won’t ever walk again. Thankfully…
Paraplegics are learning to walk again using a combination of virtual reality, a robotic walker and a brain-machine interface.
The northern hemisphere’s summer is ending and that is definitely bad news. The good news is that this was not a silly season…
Welcome to the Altmetric High Five! On a monthly basis, my High Five posts examine a selection of the most popular research…
On June 12th, 2014, the world watched in awe as a young paraplegic kicked off the World Cup in Brazil with the help of a…
Po enem letu uporabe sistema z navidezno resničnostjo naj bi osmim povsem paraliziranim ljudem zdravniki diagnozo spremenili v…
The TED community has been very busy over the past few weeks. Below, some newsy highlights. Crime forecasting in Rio. Before…
Remember the paralyzed man who kicked off the 2014 World Cup in Brazil while using an exoskeleton? That was possible thanks to…
Eight people who have spent years paralyzed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in…
(credit: AASDAP and Lente Viva Filmes, São Paulo, Brazil) With brain training, paraplegics can once again move and sense…
Oito pacientes paraplégicos, voluntários do projeto Andar de Novo – consórcio internacional liderado pelo neurocientista…
Brain-controlled robots help paralyzed patients move…
Researchers have developed a brain machine interface that incorporates virtual reality which has allowed some paraplegic…
Researchers at the University of Southern California have identified two Zika proteins believed to be responsible for…
Paraplegics who have lost the use of the lower half of their bodies following car crashes, falls and other traumas have been…
Hooking the brain up to virtual avatars and robotic exoskeletons has allowed people who have been paralysed for many years to…