AI tool uses selfies to predict biological age and cancer survival – ET HealthWorld

AI tool uses selfies to predict biological age and cancer survival – ET HealthWorld

Washington: Doctors often start exams with the so-called “eyeball test” — a snap judgment about whether the patient appears older or younger than their age, which can influence key medical decisions. That intuitive assessment may soon get an AI upgrade. FaceAge, a deep learning algorithm described Thursday in The  Lancet Digital Health, converts a simple … Read more

Microelectronics give researchers a remote control for biological robots – ET HealthWorld

Microelectronics give researchers a remote control for biological robots – ET HealthWorld

Washington: The hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle, and microelectronics, said researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern University, and collaborating institutions. They described their centimeter-scale biological machines in the journal Science Robotics. “Integrating microelectronics allows the merger of the biological world and the electronics world, both with many … Read more

Book Review – Toxic Portents: CBRN incident management in India

Book Review – Toxic Portents: CBRN incident management in India

TOXIC PORTENTS CBRN: Incident Management in India by Col Ram V Athavale, PhD By Karuna John The term Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), is not as intense as the consequences of what devastation each of those elements can unleash on the world, should they be misused. Each time there is a war, a terror … Read more