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  • Robots and drones can help curb the coronavirus pandemic
    Posted on March 26, 2020 at 11:09 pm

    Can robots provide an effective method to combat the COVID-19 pandemic? A team of robotic leaders, including Henrik Christensen, the director of UC San Diego’s Contextual Robotics Institute, believes that healthcare systems can use robots for a variety of purposes. […]

  • Researchers use ultrasound technique to accurately localize cardiac arrhythmias
    Posted on March 25, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    Cardiac arrhythmias are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Currently, the 12-lead electrocardiogram is the noninvasive clinical gold standard used to diagnose and localize these conditions, but it has limited accuracy, cannot provide an anatomical tool to visually localize the source of the arrhythmia, and depending on which clinician is looking at the signals, there might be some interpretation variability. […]

  • Spinal stabilization exercise program designed by Lithuanian scientists is 3 times more efficient
    Posted on March 23, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    With the significant part of the global population forced to work from home, the occurrence of lower back pain may increase. Lithuanian scientists have devised a spinal stabilization exercise program for managing lower back pain for people who perform a sedentary job. […]

  • UniTrento played prominent role in proposing ultrasound diagnosis to tackle coronavirus
    Posted on March 23, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    The article presents the results of the diagnostic protocol for Covid-19 that Libertario Demi developed with a dozen Italian clinical teams that are working very hard in emergency settings. […]

  • Neuroscientists investigate how the brain controls the voice
    Posted on March 22, 2020 at 1:35 pm

    Bats are famous for their sonar-based navigation. They use their extremely sensitive hearing for orientation, emitting ultrasound noises and receiving an image of their surroundings based on the echo. […]