Neowin News Feed for: Medicine

Drug that kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria was unknowingly growing in a garden

Sayan Sen — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:34:02 +0000

A new antibiotic that can kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been discovered, and it was found in a garden. Read more...

No brain surgery required: Australian 'Stentrode' miles ahead of Neuralink, expert claims

Martin Hodás — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:28:01 +0000

Neuralink is not the only company offering a way that allows patients to control computer just with their thoughts. Australian company is doing the very same and its solution is completely different. Read more...

Google can now decode doctors' bad handwriting thanks to AI

Hemant Saxena — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 17:10:01 +0000

Prescriptions from doctors can be hard to read or decode. To solve this problem Google is coming up with a solution that will identify and even highlight medicines within handwritten prescriptions. Read more...

AstraZeneca uses PyTorch and Azure ML to speed up drug discovery

Hamza Jawad — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 16:30:01 +0000

The firm has introduced a new production use case for early drug discovery, utilizing the PyTorch framework alongside Microsoft's Azure Machine Learning to support the latest research. Read more...

Microsoft and Novartis team up to transform medicine using AI and data science

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:06:02 +0000

The tech giant's latest partnership will see Novartis aiming to leverage unstructured data using Microsoft AI solutions, and perform joint research operations, assisted by the founding of a new lab. Read more...

Windows Phone used in a scientific study of DNA analysis

Boyd Chan — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 09:32:01 +0000

Swedish researchers have published a paper containing their findings of using a smartphone, specifically a Nokia Lumia 1020, as part of a prototype digital microscope to analyze DNA and tumor samples. Read more...

Aussie research aims to enable amputees to feel again through robotic arms

Boyd Chan — Sat, 28 May 2016 13:46:01 +0000

Modern prosthetics could be taken to a new level if a joint effort between St Vincent's Hospital and the University of Melbourne discovers how to relay sensory feedback from robotic arms to the brain. Read more...

Biologists skeptical of Google's nanoparticles: "A good Star Trek episode"

Christopher White — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:32:01 +0000

Google wants to create "nanoparticles" that will attack and destroy cancer cells, but many biologists are skeptical, saying it can't be done and is nothing more than science fiction. Read more...