Bangalore: ZEISS India has announced a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, to advance research in artificial intelligence (AI) applications for eye care. As part of this initiative, ZEISS has established a research facility at IISc, which will focus on developing AI-based solutions to improve diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes in ophthalmology. … Read more
New Delhi: Apollo Hospitals has partnered with Microsoft to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) and digital transformation into healthcare delivery. This collaboration will focus on co-innovation, research, and developing advanced healthcare solutions, including work on disease progression, genomics, and multi-modal models. Dr. Madhu Sasidhar, President and CEO of Apollo Hospitals, emphasized the transformative potential of the … Read more
New Delhi: Across India’s vast healthcare network, which relies heavily on more than two million hospital beds, traditional methods of patient monitoring in general wards largely depend on periodic manual checks. This conventional system often leads to delayed detection of health deterioration, leaving many vulnerable patients at risk. A recent study published in Frontiers in … Read more
People throng the Visakhapatnam Railway station to get a foothold in the train, on January 17. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU The story so far: One could book railway tickets four months in advance for long journeys. Now passengers will only be able to book tickets on Indian Railways two months in advance, a circular … Read more
By Dr Karanjit Singh Narang In the rapidly evolving landscape of medical technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, especially in intricate fields like neurosurgery. In India, a country with a burgeoning healthcare sector, the integration of AI tools into brain surgery is revolutionising patient outcomes, procedural accuracy, and post-operative care. The … Read more
Israeli tanks advanced deep into a town in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday after days of relentless bombardment that forced tens of thousands of already displaced Palestinian families to flee in a new exodus. A Palestinian journalist posted pictures of Israeli tanks near a mosque in a built-up area of Bureij, the armoured contingent … Read more
London: A supercomputer scheduled to go online in April 2024 will rival the estimated rate of operations in the human brain, according to researchers in Australia. The machine, called DeepSouth, is capable of performing 228 trillion operations per second. It’s the world’s first supercomputer capable of simulating networks of neurons and synapses (key biological structures … Read more
Using existing drugs differently may be the biggest treatment breakthrough for decades, say scientists. Source link
Prof Sir Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford where R21 was developed, said: “The vaccine is easily deployable, cost effective and affordable, ready for distribution in areas where it is needed most, with the potential to save hundreds of thousands of lives a year.” Source link
Two teams of US scientists have converted brain signals into words at a faster rate than before. Source link