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A new computer-trained scent model has done better than humans at identifying odors. In analyzing 500,000 potential odor molecules that had never before been synthesized, it also handily did work that would take 70 person-years to complete.Continue Rea… Continue reading AI system does better than humans at identifying odors
While completing a task with other distractions can seem like it’s a battle of willpower, scientists have discovered how it’s not you but your brain that keeps you on the right track. Or at least it tries to.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTa… Continue reading Staying focused is not down to willpower, but some tiny neurons
Memory is commonly affected following a traumatic brain injury and may be long-lasting or even permanent. A new study has found that AI-guided electrical brain stimulation in people with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury may successfully treat … Continue reading Targeted brain stimulation improves memory in traumatic brain injury
Animal cells share some qualities with plant cells, but one key feature ours lack is a rigid cell wall. While this provides structure for plants, it’s also something scientists are increasingly looking at for use in new materials, cellulose technology … Continue reading Plant-based insulin derived from lettuce, can be taken orally
For the first time, researchers have found a bacterium that forms superstructures when it gets caught in sticky traps made by other bacteria, helping it erode enamel and form cavities. The finding could lead to new ways to keep our teeth clear of the i… Continue reading Newly discovered bacterial partnership implicated in dental cavities
An international team of scientists is one step closer to unlocking the molecular mechanisms at work in fat tissue, which could ultimately lead to treatments to effortlessly ‘switch on’ calorie burning.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Obesity, Un… Continue reading New weapon found in fight to combat obesity, diabetes
Researchers have developed a highly efficient new gene-editing method that uses virus-based protein fragments. The method could be used to level up existing cell and gene therapies used to treat cancer and other diseases.Continue ReadingCategory: Medic… Continue reading Special cell-penetrating peptides turn the PAGE for next-gen gene editing
Scientists have identified the role an enzyme, crucial to the body’s metabolism, plays in the development of kidney disease, opening the door to new methods of prevention and treatment of this increasingly prevalent, potentially fatal condition.Continu… Continue reading Scientists identify role of key metabolism enzyme in kidney disease
If you needed more motivation to brush your teeth regularly, this could do the trick. Scientists have discovered that cavity-causing bacteria and fungi in saliva can team up to form “superorganisms” that can actually sprout limbs to crawl and even leap… Continue reading Cavity-causing microbe “superorganisms” grow limbs to leap across teeth
Like many menial tasks, there may soon be a way to outsource brushing your teeth to robots. Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a system of microrobots that can change shape to form bristles or floss. They don’t just brush plaque… Continue reading Tiny shapeshifting robots brush and floss your teeth, kill bacteria