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Reply to comment by ElvisDumbledore in Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
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FwibbFwibb t1_j6z15br wrote
Reply to comment by EpiHackr in Entanglement of Trapped-Ion Qubits Separated by 230 Meters by lfuwebred
> Could we potentially use it to communicate with distant space craft, like with a Mars rover type vehicle?
This comes up every time an article on entanglement is posted, and the answer is always the same: no.
You don't know whether two things were "entangled" until you do the measurements on each and then compare them.
Measuring destroys the entangled state. But if you have one particle and it's the other particle that gets measured, you will not know about it until you do your own measurement and compare.
And actually one measurement isn't enough. The entanglement could have been broken long before the measurement and the answer you got just coincidentally looks like an entangled state. The only way to truly know is to do measurements on a number of these entangled systems and compare the statistics. If the measurements always come back indicating entanglement was present, then you can be sure entanglement is happening.
bongokhrusha t1_j6z0swt wrote
bongokhrusha t1_j6z0qf2 wrote
Reply to comment by Chakkaaa in Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico
maybe it’s worth to try that for me!
banhatesex t1_j6yxdo5 wrote
Reply to comment by libertyorwhatever in Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
I can here to say this . We be old farts
libertyorwhatever t1_j6yw9bc wrote
Reply to Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
Isn't this how the Secret of Nimh started?
Kennyvee98 t1_j6yw1uw wrote
Reply to comment by turnipmeatloaf in Trees could reduce mortality from urban heat waves by a third by YoanB
Sir, we don't do that around here. This is reddit!
savvysearch t1_j6ytf0f wrote
Reply to Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
Whats the implications for this? Restoration of eyesight for blindness caused by visual cortex brain damage?
giltwist t1_j6ytez6 wrote
Reply to comment by OrangeJuiceOW in Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico
Here's a study examining 20 years of heart data that finds filtered coffee people have lower mortality rates, and here is a 14 week experimental study that seems to confirm that paper filters seem to catch the cholesterol raising components.
Immortal_Tuttle t1_j6yshv5 wrote
Reply to comment by amoralhedgehog in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
Interesting, as our university (biomed department actually) was doing research of influence of alpha brain frequencies on learning process in late 90s early 2000s. They were taking the EEG of a person to check for different bands and then they were stimulating person with the pure frequency or different percentage mix and checking how long the learning process took. As humans have problems with hearing infrasounds the audio stimulus was delivered via differential or modulated audio signals, the visual stimuli were delivered via precisely controlled LED light source (they were checking the shape of the wave controlling the LED - if I remember correctly a sinewave was giving the best results).
The difference with this new research was that they were using audio stimuli and the learning test was conducted during the stimulation, while in this new research the test was conducted immediately after the stimulus (and it was visual only). Audio stimulation is tricky as the frequencies are so low, so you have to use a carrier in the hearing range modulated with the frequency under test. IIRC they were testing a single ear, both ears with same signal and both ears with differential signal. And actually the differential signal was working (identical signal was working as well - it just had to be properly modulated - I don't remember if there was any difference in results between those two).
I am not saying that hemi-sync and other brands deliver what they promise, just that principle of stimulating brain with person's own frequencies was tested years ago and differential aural signal stimulus (known commonly as binaural beats for some reason) if matched with person's own frequencies can be used as a stimulus in this case.
huh_phd t1_j6ys11y wrote
Reply to A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models by giuliomagnifico
Cool now use it for inflammatory bowel disease
triplehelix- t1_j6yoc9b wrote
Reply to comment by Rakshear in A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models by giuliomagnifico
people in the future will look at us as barbarians for our current methods of treatment.
amoralhedgehog t1_j6yn3ti wrote
Reply to comment by Immortal_Tuttle in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
That's not really true.
Firstly, binaural beats and hemi-sync don't work. They have been widely researched and show no benefits in or out of clinical context. They are produced by the alternative medicine community and marketed as a method of essentially getting high.
Secondly, binaural beats and hemi-sync do not operate on frequencies that match individual brain oscillatory states. So this new research does not relate to them nor corroborate any claim of their benefits.
amoralhedgehog t1_j6ym48q wrote
Reply to comment by Rebelgecko in Scientists have shown for the first time that briefly tuning into a person's individual brainwave cycle before they perform a learning task dramatically boosts the speed at which cognitive skills improve. by Wagamaga
That intuition applies in the same way to both groups, so both groups should receive it.
Conscious_Egg_6233 t1_j6ylq90 wrote
Reply to comment by TheDismal_Scientist in Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico
Decaf does have some health benefits if you don't mind the taste!
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Reply to comment by The_Humble_Frank in Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
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Reply to comment by Agreeable-Meat1 in Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
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katergator717 t1_j6ykmgl wrote
Reply to comment by elderboon123 in New n=987 study into coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) suggests its main causes are clowns' unpredictability, their illness-like makeup, and prior media exposure. by fotogneric
I can't argue with that logic
elderboon123 t1_j6ykeuu wrote
Reply to comment by katergator717 in New n=987 study into coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) suggests its main causes are clowns' unpredictability, their illness-like makeup, and prior media exposure. by fotogneric
science is about verifying assumptions, not blindly accepting them. often reality is at odds with our intuitive perception of it
Veasna1 t1_j6ygxza wrote
Reply to Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico
Coffee raises cortisol. When cortisol is active our immune system is suppressed.
ChristOnABike122 t1_j6yg92p wrote
Reply to Transplanted Human Brain Cells Respond to Visual Stimuli in Rat Brains – Study finds human-derived brain organoids can integrate into the visual cortex of rat brains. After three months, the organoids demonstrate electrical responses to visual stimuli. by swhelan_tn
Alternate universe Ratatouille.
shiruken t1_j6yg02y wrote
Reply to comment by giuliomagnifico in A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models by giuliomagnifico
That's actually an accompanying research highlight. This is the research article: M. T. Spang, et al., Intravascularly infused extracellular matrix as a biomaterial for targeting and treating inflamed tissues, Nature Biomedical Engineering (2022)
raygundan t1_j6yfaww wrote
Reply to comment by Hyjynx75 in Study shows that regular coffee drinking (2 to 3 cups per day) is associated with lower systolic blood pressure (SBP), peripheral pulse pressure (PP), aortic BP and aortic PP, but with similar arterial stiffness by giuliomagnifico
> We need "COFFEE GOOD" or "COFFEE BAD".
The problem is that for things like this, there really isn't a black-and-white answer like that. It will be good for some things and bad for some things and then it will probably vary by person on top of it.
As a general rule of thumb, if you read an article that says something like "red wine is good for you," you can safely assume the study was really, really specific and said something like "red wine can slightly reduce blood pressure in people with mildly elevated blood pressure" and that it's the reporter who has oversimplified. It's not like the risks of alcohol consumption increasing your chance of cancer and liver damage and so on went away... it just also does this other thing they found.
EpiHackr t1_j6yehgg wrote
That is amazing. I'm still unclear as to how this entanglement is created, and how long it persists. Could we potentially use it to communicate with distant space craft, like with a Mars rover type vehicle?
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