More than nine million people around the world are born with diabetes. Those lucky enough to be able to control it rely on electronic pumps to shoot insulin into their bloodstreams when needed.
Category: TRENDS IN HI-TECH SCIENCE – Apr 25 2023
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U.S. PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WILL SPEED BATTERY DEVELOPMENT
Stanford University and the U.S. energy department’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) have combined forces to create the new SLAC-Stanford Battery Research Center. Its focus is on merging government investment and the technological savvy of Silicon Valley to invent “batteries and energy storage technologies with the goal of developing a sustainable path for electrifying key economic sectors, including transportation, the electric grid, industry, manufacturing and development.”
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BLOCKING ONE ENZYME COULD REVERSE ALZHEIMER’S DAMAGE
Cutting back sharply on the activity of an enzyme known as CDK5 in the brains of mice with symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease sharply reduced the brain damage that defines the illness, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.