New iMRI tech at UChicago Medicine makes brain surgery safer, faster and more precise
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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Apr-2026 20:16 ET (8-Apr-2026 00:16 GMT/UTC)
A state-of-the-art intraoperative MRI (iMRI) has arrived at the University of Chicago Medicine, one of only 12 hospitals in the nation using the technology to significantly change how complex neurosurgeries are performed. The machine allows neurosurgeons to perform MRIs in real-time during surgery.
In hopes of providing a better monitoring system for those seeking to mitigate the negative effects of gentrification, researchers at Drexel University have drawn on the wisdom of community members in Philadelphia neighborhoods that have been affected by it to hone a computer vision program that can reliably identify and track gentrification throughout the city.
A new study by neuroscientists at Northwestern University validates the possibility of influencing dreams and offers a crucial step to support the theory that dreams in REM sleep — the rapid eye movement phase of sleep in which lucid dreaming can occur — may be especially conducive to helping individuals come up with creative solutions to a problem.