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Contact lenses get pretty thin nowadays, but they’ve got nothing on a new lens from scientists at Stanford and the University of Amsterdam. The team has created the world’s thinnest lens, measuring just three atoms thick.Continue ReadingCategory: Physi… Continue reading World’s thinnest lens is just three atoms thick
An international team of neuroscientists has for the first time identified five distinct subtypes of Alzheimer’s disease, in what could be a breakthrough for treatment approaches and efficacy. They call for researchers and medical professionals to look at the disease not as a single diagnosis but five specific types of Alzheimer’s.
Tags: University of Amsterdam, Dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease, Blood-brain barrier, Neuroscience, Age-Related, Brain, Maastricht University
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While weight-loss surgery has proven to be an effective long-term health treatment, it can also be expensive, can come with a host of unpleasant side effects, is invasive, and around a third of recipients will require follow-up surgery or hospitalization within five years. It’s no surprise, then, that only about 1% of those who have qualifying weight concerns actually go through with it.
Tags: King’s College London, University of Nottingham, University of Amsterdam, Weight Loss, Microbiome
Continue reading New weight-loss finding could reduce appetite without surgery
Two new studies published in Nature Communications offer some of the strongest evidence to date for a relationship between depression and gut bacteria. The research does not claim bacteria in the gut directly causes depression, but does suggest a stron… Continue reading Two studies deliver strong evidence linking depression and gut bacteria
A team of Dutch scientists has taken on the grueling task of designing the perfect piece of chocolate, using novel 3D printing techniques to create designs that shatter in the most pleasurable way when bitten. Clearly, extensive testing is required.Con… Continue reading Physicists deploy 3D printing in pursuit of world’s crackliest chocolate