A single injection of a gene essential to hearing was injected into the inner ear of 10 patients and all 10 experienced improved hearing, some as soon as a month after being treated.
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CLEAN HYDROGEN MADE FROM JUNK PLASTIC AND WASTE BATTERY ACID
A new solar-powered reactor can convert plastic trash into clean hydrogen using old battery acid as the process’s active ingredient.
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“SMART BOMB” DNA PRECISELY TARGETS CANCER CELLS
A family of drugs called antibody-drug conjugates can pinpoint cancer tumors and deliver therapeutic drugs directly to them.
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CHINA’S HOUSEMAID ROBOT MAKES BREAKFAST AND CLEANS
UniX AI, a Chinese robot maker, is field-testing an in-home robot with an embedded AI that enables it to wake you up at a specific time, make a meal, clean surfaces, and pick up things and put them away.
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ALUMINUM FROM JUNK CARS REPURPOSED INTO AUTO PARTS
Each year, 12 to 15 million cars are put into scrap yards. While much of the steel can be recycled, much of the aluminum cannot because the recycling process introduces impurities that make the aluminum substandard for cars’ standards for strength and durability.
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NEW CANCER TREATMENT ATTACKS TUMORS
For more than 20 years, medical researchers have been frustrated by a family of anticancer drugs called CD40 agonists.
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SCIENTISTS CURE TYPE 1 DIABETES IN A VOLUNTEER
In a medical first, researchers have cured a woman’s type 1 diabetes by reprogramming her fat cells to become “islet” cells, which make insulin.
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AN EASIER, FASTER WAY TO DESALINATE AND PURIFY WATER
Coastal cities running short of potable water, and entire dry nations including Saudi Arabia, are investing in giant, oil-guzzling machines to desalinate and clean seawater to make it drinkable.
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BYD BRINGS FIVE-MINUTE EV CHARGING TO EUROPE
BYD, China’s largest EV maker, is introducing a new model in Europe with a battery pack that can charge to 70 percent in five minutes and fully charge in 12 minutes.
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NEWLY FOUND PROTEIN REJUVENATES BRAIN STEM CELLS
Stem cells replenish organs with vigorous young cells when old one age out. However, stem cells’ ability to do so tends to weaken as we age.