Memories lost due to sleep deprivation restored by existing drugs

We’ve known for a while how a lack of sleep can negatively affect the brain. Studies have found that just one night of disturbed sleep increases Alzheimer’s disease-related amyloid-beta peptides. In addition to making someone unfocused, a lack of sleep… Continue reading Memories lost due to sleep deprivation restored by existing drugs

Robot built with ‘insect brain’ can zip around obstacles with ease

In an age of increasingly advanced robotics, one team has well and truly bucked the trend, instead finding inspiration within the pinhead-sized brain of a tiny flying insect in order to build a robot that can deftly avoid collisions with very little ef… Continue reading Robot built with ‘insect brain’ can zip around obstacles with ease

Symmetrical flow battery may strike right balance for grid-scale storage

As useful and impressive as current battery technology is, versions that store renewable energy for grid-scale use may look vastly different to those inside today’s phones and electric vehicles. One promising technology is flow, or redox flow, batterie… Continue reading Symmetrical flow battery may strike right balance for grid-scale storage

AI tool offers clues to mystery of who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls

A new method of handwriting analysis developed by researchers from the University of Groningen is offering fresh clues as to who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. Testing the machine learning tool on one of the most famous ancient scrolls has revealed not on… Continue reading AI tool offers clues to mystery of who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls