/tags/battlefield-breakthroughs Battlefield Breakthroughs en-US Copyright Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-08-13/battlefield-breakthroughs-the-brain-injury-link-from-fallujah-to-friday-night-lights The Pentagon estimates that one in every five veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffered at least one mild concussion. Since 2007, the military… Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-08-13/battlefield-breakthroughs-the-brain-injury-link-from-fallujah-to-friday-night-lights BJ Austin /health-science-tech/2013-06-04/battlefield-breakthoughs-rfid-technology-moves-prosthetic-hands A technology with roots in World War II is now enabling amputees to program their prosthetic hands. It’s RFID, radio frequency identification. Sean McHugh… Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-06-04/battlefield-breakthoughs-rfid-technology-moves-prosthetic-hands BJ Austin /health-science-tech/2013-05-14/battlefield-breakthroughs-military-research-keeps-dentist-dream-alive-for-n-tx-amputee The number of wounded amputees from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan prompted the Pentagon to do the first sweeping overhaul of prosthetics since the… Tue, 14 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-05-14/battlefield-breakthroughs-military-research-keeps-dentist-dream-alive-for-n-tx-amputee BJ Austin /2013-04-02/obamas-plan-to-explore-the-brain-a-most-audacious-project The White House is asking Congress for $100 million to develop new tools for "eavesdropping" on millions of cellular conversations, as individual neurons interact to form thoughts or create memories. The goal is more ambitious than the Human Genome Project, researchers say. Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:08:00 GMT /2013-04-02/obamas-plan-to-explore-the-brain-a-most-audacious-project Jon Hamilton /2013-02-28/nintendo-wii-helped-budding-surgeons-move-to-head-of-the-class Want to be a better surgeon? Get your game face on. A study finds that surgical residents who played video games for an hour a day performed better at simulated keyhole surgeries than colleagues who refrained. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:03:00 GMT /2013-02-28/nintendo-wii-helped-budding-surgeons-move-to-head-of-the-class David Schultz /2013-02-14/scientists-pass-the-hat-for-research-funding Crowd funding has proved popular for bands raising money to produce a new album and for producers of documentary films. Now scientists are getting into the act, and some are raising money from the very people they're studying. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:40:00 GMT /2013-02-14/scientists-pass-the-hat-for-research-funding Joe Palca /health-science-tech/2013-01-21/busting-diabetes-with-microbubbles-a-battlefield-breakthrough It almost sounds like a videogame. Inject a patient with tiny bubbles and use ultrasound waves to burst them open when they float to the right spot. While… Mon, 21 Jan 2013 12:00:00 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-01-21/busting-diabetes-with-microbubbles-a-battlefield-breakthrough Courtney Collins /health-science-tech/2013-01-21/getting-up-close-and-personal-with-microbubbles Since microbubbles are smaller than half the size of a red blood cell, seeing them with the naked eye isn’t an option. But Dr. Jonathan Lindner was able… Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:05:59 GMT /health-science-tech/2013-01-21/getting-up-close-and-personal-with-microbubbles Courtney Collins /2012-11-20/ut-dallas-develops-artificial-muscle-with-superhero-powers At the University of Texas at Dallas, nanotech scientists are lifting weights using artificial muscles. The military-funded research could be the next… Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:00:00 GMT /2012-11-20/ut-dallas-develops-artificial-muscle-with-superhero-powers BJ Austin /health-science-tech/2012-11-13/robots-slice-time-under-the-knife-a-battlefield-breakthrough PART 2 OF A ËÄ»¢Ó°Ôº NEWS SERIES: Imagine heading into surgery. Instead of a doctor’s soothing voice, you hear the whirs and beeps of R2D2. OK, so Star Wars… Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:24:16 GMT /health-science-tech/2012-11-13/robots-slice-time-under-the-knife-a-battlefield-breakthrough Courtney Collins