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A NEW APPROACH CURES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE IN MICE
An experiment at Spain’s Institute for Bioengineering in Catalonia has used nanoparticles to reverse Alzheimer's Disease in mice. Instead of carrying drugs, the particles themselves were the cure.
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TOYOTA’S CHAIR WALKS, KNEELS, AND CLIMBS STAIRS
Toyota’s “Walk Me” chair, introduced at the Japan Mobility Show 2025, might make wheelchairs obsolete.
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SYNTHETIC PROTEINS THAT STORE AND CARRY ELECTRICITY
Researchers at the Basque Region’s Cooperative Research Center in Biomaterials have engineered proteins that carry electricity like a wire and store charge like a battery.
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ARTIFICIAL NEURONS COME CLOSER TO WORKING LIKE LIVING BRAINS
Two research groups have created computer circuits that closely mimic key aspects of the human brain. The developments could make computers more energy-efficient by orders of magnitude and leave them ready to communicate directly with our brains.
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LIGHT PLUS TIN MAKES A CURE FOR CANCER
Shining an LED light on nanoflakes of tin that rest on cancer cells can kill malignancies without harming adjacent healthy cells, according to partnership of researchers at the University of Texas and Portugal’s University of Porto.
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TINY IMPLANTED CHIP OVERCOMES MACULAR DEGENERATION
Macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people aged 50 and older, creates a big black spot in the center of a person’s vision, leaving them with a bit of peripheral vision at best.
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SAME AMOUNT OF LAND, SAME NUMBER OF PLANTS, TRIPLE THE WHEAT
Globally, about one person in every 11 doesn’t have enough to eat and fully one-third of the world’s people are at risk of hunger, according to the United Nations.
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HOW LOSING CHANGES YOUR BRAIN – AND YOUR BEHAVIOR
Losing something—a game, a love, a parent, a job, money—is an experience we all have at some time. Now scientists at Japan's Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have isolated the impact that losing has on the brain and how it can change our behavior.
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THE LATEST CANDIDATE TO REPLACE PETRO-PLASTIC: BAMBOO
Science is producing a longer and longer list of candidates to replace plastics made from petroleum and natural gas. Thanks to work by scientists at Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China, bamboo’s version has just moved up in the rankings.