August 28, 2018 — A new study has demonstrated a method that produces novel light beams from synchrotron light sources ...

In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists from five institutions evaluated 62,454 brain single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scans to investigate factors that accelerate brain aging. The study — conducted by scientists from Amen Clinics (Costa Mesa, Calif.), Google, Johns Hopkins University, University of California Los Angeles and the University of California San Francisco — encompassed more than 30,000 individuals from 9 months old to 105 years of age.

Tsuyama Chuo Hospital in Okayama Prefecture, southwest Japan, has commenced clinical use of RayStation to plan pencil beam scanning (PBS) treatments at its Proton Beam Cancer Center. On May 15, the center carried out the world’s first patient treatment using RayStation together with Mitsubishi Electric’s proton therapy system, with a plan created in RayStation 6.

Children with certain types of brain tumors who undergo radiation treatment are less likely to recall the specifics of events occurring after radiation than to remember pre-treatment happenings, according to a Baylor University study. The study compared these children to children with healthy brains.

Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have analysed why certain people tend to put tasks off rather than tackling them directly. Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), they identified two brain areas whose volume and functional connectivity are linked to an individual's ability to control their actions. The research team — headed by Caroline Schlüter, Marlies Pinnow, Ph.D., Prof. Onur Güntürkün, and Erhan Genç, Ph.D., from the Department of Biopsychology — published the results in the journal Psychological Science on Aug. 17, 2018.