IBM has announced a plan to build a quantum computer by 2029 that will hold 10,000 qubits, about 50 times more than today’s most powerful quantum device.
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MIDDLE-AGE BELLY: BLAME STEM CELLS, NOT DIET OR LAZINESS
It’s been called “middle-age spread”: as people reach their 40s and beyond, many see their bellies go big and fat pile onto their hips and butts.Some respond by joining a gym, taking up jogging, or eating a lot more salads. Still, the extra fat usually stays put. People at City of Hope—a major U.S. center......
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PLAYING A GAME COULD END CHRONIC PAIN
A brain-training game using biofeedback shows an ability to slash chronic pain at least as well as opioids, researchers at Australia’s University of New South Wales have found in a small trial.
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DIABETES DRUG SHOWN TO CONFER “EXCEPTIONAL LONGEVITY”
Metformin has been a go-to treatment for type 2 diabetes since the late 1950s for patients unable to control blood sugar through diet and exercise alone.
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AMAZON DEBUTS WAREHOUSE ROBOT WITH A SENSE OF TOUCH
Amazon's new robot, named “Vulcan,” has a sense of touch that lets it pick up and carry about three-quarters of the one million items in an Amazon warehouse without crushing or otherwise damaging the merchandise, the company says.
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A NEW AND BETTER WAY TO CURE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
When dangerous bacteria invade our bodies and make us sick, we use antibiotics to get rid of them.
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REFRIGERATOR-SIZE MACHINE MAKES CLEANER GASOLINE FROM AIR
New York City startup Aircela has demonstrated a modular machine about the size of a household refrigerator that brings air in and delivers a lower-emission gasoline ready to use in today’s engines with no modifications.
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ANOTHER MOLECULE IN HUMANS FOUND TO COMBAT COGNITIVE DECLINE
Astrocytes are the most common kind of cell in our brains. They perform a variety of tasks—maintaining the blood-brain barrier that keeps the brain safe from toxins, cleaning up waste, and fostering strong connections among neurons, the brain’s workhorse cells.
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STEM CELL TREATMENT TO REVERSE PARALYSIS GOES TO CLINICAL TRIAL
The world’s first stem cell treatment to restore movement lost after severe spinal cord injury is about to begin.
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SOUND MAY BE THE NEW OZEMPIC
It’s been known for decades that playing music near plants will make them grow bigger and faster. Now scientists in Japan have found that playing a musical tone at animal fat cells in a lab dish curbs their development by as much as 15 percent.
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