IBM is bringing quantum technology to African universities, where scientific research from genetics to data-processing stand to gain from the increase in computing power.

Solomon Assefa 28 Aug 2019

The New Data Economy

How data can empower patients to personalize and improve their cancer treatment

Cancer treatment is not one-size-fits-all. Thanks to medical advancements, people receiving a cancer diagnosis might have many potential treatment options, ranging from established, “trie...

Brad Power 23 Aug 2019

Biotechnology

Why home DNA tests might not be as private as you think

Until direct-to-consumer genetic testing is more strongly regulated, then dipping into your DNA will continue to have unintended consequences

Cameron Fox 09 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

This is how AI can assess the performance of surgeons

Machine learning algorithms can accurately assess the capabilities of neurosurgeons during virtual surgery before they step into an actual operating room, a new study shows.

Shawn Hayward-McGill 08 Aug 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Biologists and mathematicians team up to explore tissue folding

An algorithm developed to study the structure of galaxies helps explain a key feature of embryonic development.

Anne Trafton · MIT News 31 Jul 2019

Precision Medicine

Nerve transfers can restore hand motion after spine injuries

People suffering from tetraplegia now have hope of regaining function in their limbs, after successful research into nerve transfers.

University of Melbourne · Futurity 23 Jul 2019

Fourth Industrial Revolution

Here's how to teach a robot to develop intuition and make intelligent decisions

Silicon Valley startup Node says it has created the next wave of artificial intelligence, which it calls artificial intuition.

Alyssa Newcomb 17 Jul 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

5 ways for scientists and clinicians to double up on healthcare

Treating the rise in non-communicable diseases could be made easier if 'bench and bedside' finally starting collaborating

Jerica Reyes 01 Jul 2019

Biotechnology

Virtual reality could soon let your doctor ‘step inside’ your blood sample

Researchers are pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality technology to offer a way for researchers to “step inside” biological data.

Calin Riley-Missouri · Futurity 26 Jun 2019

Precision Medicine

We are witnessing a revolution in genomics - and it's only just begun

15 years ago the $3 billion Human Genome Project was completed. Today, it costs as little as $600 - and you can pay for it at the supermarket. The genomics revolution is here, and its pot...

Xu Xun 24 Jun 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Time to make a fundamental choice about the future of healthcare

Healthcare is increasingly burdened with non-communicable disease in an ageing population. Here's how technology and the British NHS model can help it adapt.

Nicholas Peters 11 Jun 2019

Healthcare Delivery

Using AI to predict breast cancer and personalize care

MIT scientists have created a new deep-learning model that can predict from a mammogram if a patient is likely to develop breast cancer as much as five years in the future.

Adam Conner-Simons and Rachel Gordon · MIT News 07 Jun 2019