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Temporary Medical Tattoos of Anatomy, Injuries, Pathologies
Part of the difficulty in training the public in how to respond to medical emergencies is that many don't understand the human anatomy below the skin. Moreover, knowing what different conditions actually look like on the body is another...
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Radiology Professor Creates Beautiful Art Using MRI Scanner
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can produce a great deal of data about the tissues it images. Controlling how an MRI scans and then analyzing its data in novel ways can lead to interesting perspectives on the human body. Dr. Denis...
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Medgadget Sci-Fi Contest 2018: Meet The Authors and Read Their Stories
From Jules Verne to Isaac Asimov, science fiction writers have inspired scientists, explorers, and thrill seekers to influence the future of humanity. While Sci-Fi may seem like it's about the distant future, more often than not it's commentary on...
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The Life and Times of HIV
Janet Iwasa, a professor at the University of Utah, has helped to create a website where people can learn about HIV. As part of the project, the Science of HIV website has released this fascinating video that gives a great overview of the...
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Medgadget Visits 'Body Worlds Decoded' at the San Jose Tech Museum of Innovation
The Tech Museum of Innovation, a.k.a. "The Tech" is a special attraction in San Jose, California. With beginnings reaching as far back as 1978, The Tech has grown and evolved with the ever-changing Silicon Valley landscape and has been a de facto...
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Mental Work, an Artistic Installation Involving Brain-Computer Interfaces (Video)
At the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, a nifty art installation will be on show in the coming days that will be a part experiment and partly a demonstration of brainwave reading technology. It will involve an...
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This Year's Winners of Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition Announced
Nikon has announced winners of its Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition. The winning entries are full of beauty, often from unexpected sources. Micrographs of green-stained neurons derived from human skin cells (top image) and HeLa...
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Wellcome Image Awards 2016 Winners Announced
The Wellcome Trust, a charitable organization known among other things for its project to host free medical and scientific images for the world to use, has just announced the winners of its Wellcome Image Awards 2016. The competition aims to...
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Augmented Reality Combined with Ultrasound Hints at Interesting Applications
Augmented reality, or the ability to superimpose computer generated images over real visual environment, is still an exciting new field looking for useful applications. Case in point is an example of combining ultrasound with augmented reality...
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