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Many potentially efficient drugs have been created to treat neurological disorders, but they cannot be used in practice. Typically, for a condition such as epilepsy, it is essential to act at exactly the right time and place in the brain. For this reason, the team of researchers led by Christophe Bernard at Inserm Unit 1106,

A New Route toward Shape-Conformable Power Sources with Aesthetic Versatility for Flexible Electronics Forthcoming flexible/wearable electronic devices with shape diversity and mobile usability garner a great deal of attention as an innovative technology to bring unprecedented changes in our daily lives. From the power source point of view, conventional rechargeable batteries (one representative example is

  Scientists have identified a new “multicomponent” virus — one containing different segments of genetic material in separate particles — that can infect animals, according to research published today in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. This new pathogen, called Guaico Culex virus (GCXV), was isolated from several species of mosquitoes in Central and South

Clearing grasslands to make way for biofuels may seem counterproductive, but University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers show in a study today (April 2, 2015) that crops, including the corn and soy commonly used for biofuels, expanded onto 7 million acres of new land in the U.S. over a recent four-year period, replacing millions of acres of

A new technique for detecting cancer by imaging the consumption of sugar with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been unveiled by UCL scientists. The breakthrough could provide a safer and simpler alternative to standard radioactive techniques and enable radiologists to image tumours in greater detail. The new technique, called ‘glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer’ (glucoCEST),

Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a novel surgical robotic system that provides tactile feedback and is capable of single-incision and natural orifice (incision-free) robotic surgery. The system minimizes surgical trauma and is safer than currently available robotic systems. The new system applies the expertise of systems engineer Professor Yung Kai Leung from The Hong

New facial recognition software and app invented at Michigan State University can help protect endangered primates – more than 60 percent of which face extinction. Golden monkeys have lost so much habitat, they are only found in a handful of national parks in Africa; farming and illegal hardwood trade in Madagascar is gobbling up the

An electromagnetic three-phase motor, invented by EPFL’s Integrated Actuators Laboratory, will enable the watchmaking industry to build watches that are three times more efficient and that can include more applications. Tomorrow’s wristwatches will be more efficient. Their batteries will last much longer. And in addition to giving the time, they might offer additional functions such

From the director of The Cove, comes a new Netflix documentary about the life of Sylvia Earle, who at 78, is witnessing first-hand environmental change on a scale that humans never imagined. The most moving scene in the upcoming Netflix documentary Mission Blue occurs near the end, when the film crew joins the movie’s central