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Expanding horizons for medical imaging
Medical imaging has developed at an astonishingly rapid speed since the first discovery of X-rays in 1895. Today, imaging is a crucial part of the biomedical sciences and a mainstay of medical...
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Scientists discover area of brain that makes a 'people person'
Why is it that some of us really enjoy the company of others while some people are detached and independent? In an effort to explore these questions, Maël Lebreton and colleagues from the Cambridge...
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Scientists explore the inner workings of the teenage brain
Despite adolescence being a high-risk time for developing major psychiatric and drug dependence disorders, very little is known about the teenage brain.A novel research project jointly led by...
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Cancer imaging centres get £35 million boost
Cancer Research UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are committing £35 million for five years to four separate cancer imaging centres across the country. One centre...
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Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI
By exploiting flaws in miniscule diamond fragments, researchers say they have achieved enough coherence of the magnetic moment inherent in these defects to harness their potential for precise quantum...
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Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices
The work, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications, focuses on electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), a type of so-called supercapacitor. These are excellent options...
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Clinical research at University of Cambridge receives major funding boost
The awards are part of a major round of funding under the Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative, announced today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. The Initiative will bring...
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Watching the death throes of tumours
There was a time when diagnosing and treating cancer seemed straightforward. Cancer of the breast was breast cancer, for example, and doctors could only choose treatments from a limited arsenal.Now,...
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Differences in brain structure and memory suggest adolescents may not ‘grow...
The findings, published today in the journal European Child Adolescent Psychiatry, suggest that aspects of ADHD may persist into adulthood, even when current diagnostic criteria fail to identify the...
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Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure
The study, led by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Durham University, Macquarie University, and Trinity College Dublin, found that reductions in the length of the paracingulate sulcus...
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Schizophrenia and the teenage brain: how can imaging help?
Restless, disordered, uncertain, impulsive, emotional – the teenage brain can be a confused fury of neural firings and misfirings.For most 14- to 24-year-olds – the “risky age” as Professor Ed Bullmore...
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Cambridge extends world leading role for medical imaging with powerful new...
The equipment, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust and Cancer Research UK, sits within the newly-refurbished Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC), which today celebrates two...
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Opinion: Why medical technology often doesn’t make it from drawing board to...
If there’s something wrong with your brain, how do you spot that in an MRI? Of course, if it’s something obvious, such as a major aneurysm or a tumour, anyone can see it. But what if it’s something...
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Cancer imaging centres get £35 million boost
Cancer Research UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) are committing £35 million for five years to four separate cancer imaging centres across the country. One centre...
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Diamond ‘flaws’ pave way for nanoscale MRI
By exploiting flaws in miniscule diamond fragments, researchers say they have achieved enough coherence of the magnetic moment inherent in these defects to harness their potential for precise quantum...
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Chemists develop MRI technique for peeking inside battery-like devices
The work, which appears in the latest issue of the journal Nature Communications, focuses on electric double-layer capacitors (EDLCs), a type of so-called supercapacitor. These are excellent options...
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Clinical research at University of Cambridge receives major funding boost
The awards are part of a major round of funding under the Clinical Research Infrastructure Initiative, announced today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne. The Initiative will bring...
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Watching the death throes of tumours
There was a time when diagnosing and treating cancer seemed straightforward. Cancer of the breast was breast cancer, for example, and doctors could only choose treatments from a limited arsenal.Now,...
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Differences in brain structure and memory suggest adolescents may not ‘grow...
The findings, published today in the journal European Child Adolescent Psychiatry, suggest that aspects of ADHD may persist into adulthood, even when current diagnostic criteria fail to identify the...
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Hallucinations linked to differences in brain structure
The study, led by the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Durham University, Macquarie University, and Trinity College Dublin, found that reductions in the length of the paracingulate sulcus...
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