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California Scientists Demonstrate How to Use Advanced Fiber-Optic Backbone for Research
The Corporation for Education Network Initiatives in California (CENIC) brought together about 100 researchers, campus administrators and networking infrastructure officials at the University of California, San Diego to explore breakthroughs in super-fast networking among research institutions in California to help scientists make new discoveries.
Falko Kuester, Calit2's Professor of Visualization and Virtual Reality at UC San Diego, demonstrated the prototype for a system he calls the "HIPerVerse," which allows two of the world's highest-resolution, distributed visualization systems -- the HIPerSpace display in San Diego and the HIPerWall in Irvine -- to be interconnected into ultra-resolution environments at the pixel level.
Calit2 Director Larry Smarr called the HIPerVerse demonstration a "breakthrough which momentarily created the world's largest virtual OptIPortal. The mega-displays in both Calit2 buildings were temporarily united into a 124-tile HIPerVerse, exceeding half a billion pixels.
(Source: http://www.physorg.com/news142787388.html)
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Nerve stimulation therapy alleviates pain for chronic headache
A novel therapy using a miniature nerve stimulator instead of medication for the treatment of profoundly disabling headache disorders improved the experience of pain by 80-95 percent, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London.
The device, called a bion, is a rechargeable battery-powered electrode, similar in size to a matchstick. When implanted near the occipital nerve in the back of the neck, it alleviates pain by generating pulses that the nerve receives. The bion can be turned on or off via an external wireless remote control. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news142791605.html)
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Mouse studies suggest daily dose of ginkgo may prevent brain cell damage after a stroke
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have shown that daily doses of a standardized extract from the leaves of the ginkgo tree can prevent or reduce brain damage after an induced stroke in mice, and if confirmed for humans "could theoretically recommend a daily regimen of ginkgo to people at high risk of stroke as a preventive measure against brain damage."
(Source: http://www.physorg.com/news142791662.html)
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Vitamin D a key player in overall health of several body organs
Anthony Norman, a UC Riverside expert on vitamin D, has found 36 organ tissues in the body whose cells respond biologically to vitamin D, inciuding bone marrow, breast, colon, intestine, kidney, lung, prostate, retina, skin, stomach and the uterus; deficiency of vitamin D can impact all of them, and also cause muscle strength decrease, high risk for falls, and increased risk for colorectal, prostate and breast and other major cancers.
Norman's recommendation for all adults: at least 2000 IU daily.
(Source: http://www.physorg.com/news142791717.html)
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Scientists adapt economics theory to trace brain's information flow
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and Florida Atlantic University have used the "Granger causality" technique, originally developed to use current economic data to forecast changes in the economy, to determine the flow of information from one part of the brain to another.
The economic technique involves comparisons of streams of data known as time series, such as fluctuations in the stock market index.
It will provide important insights into brain organization and function, advancing efforts to help patients recover from brain injuries and mental disorders. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news142791894.html)
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