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Released: 13-Nov-2014 10:00 AM EST
Cats and Athletes Teach Robots to Fall
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech studies mid-air orientation and impact behavior in both cats and humans as it applies to reduced impact in falling robots, especially those that one day may be used for search-and-rescue missions in hazardous conditions.

Released: 13-Nov-2014 8:00 AM EST
Tiny Needles Offer Potential New Treatment for Two Major Eye Diseases
Georgia Institute of Technology

Needles almost too small to be seen with the unaided eye could be the basis for new treatment options for two of the world’s leading eye diseases: glaucoma and corneal neovascularization.

Released: 10-Nov-2014 5:25 PM EST
Did Robin Williams Have Dementia?
Lewy Body American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)Dementia Association

Lewy Body Dementia medical expert explains the conflicting information that was revealed in the autopsy of the late actor/comedian Robin Williams. Relation between Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy Body is described.

Released: 10-Nov-2014 3:40 PM EST
Georgia State Faculty Awarded $750,000 Grant to Train Rehabilitation Counselors
Georgia State University

Three faculty members in the College of Education’s Department of Counseling and Psychological Services have been awarded a five-year, $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Rehabilitation Services Administration to prepare rehabilitation counselors to work with people with mental illness.

Released: 6-Nov-2014 11:00 AM EST
Legal Clinic for Georgia State Veterans Set to Open on Veterans Day
Georgia State University

The Georgia State University College of Law and the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps will officially open a Law Volunteer Clinic for Veterans that will serve 800 veterans enrolled as students at the university at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 11.

3-Nov-2014 3:05 PM EST
Granger Causality Test Can Make Epilepsy Surgery More Effective
Georgia State University

A new statistical test that looks at the patterns of high-frequency network activity flow from brain signals can help doctors pinpoint the exact location of seizures occurring in the brain and make surgery more effective, according to researchers at Georgia State University and Emory University School of Medicine. The findings are published in the journal Epilepsia.

Released: 3-Nov-2014 3:05 PM EST
Urban Health Index Developed By Georgia State
Georgia State University

A team of researchers at Georgia State University’s School of Public Health has developed an Urban Health Index to guide health care professionals, policy makers and researchers around the world, with the support of funds from the World Health Organization (WHO) Kobe Centre in Japan.



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