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NIH and Iowa researchers shed light on molecular mechanisms of inherited form of human deafness A small-molecule drug is one of the first to preserve hearing in a mouse model of an inherited form of progressive human deafness, report investigators at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute

Produces significantly higher intensities of magnetic fields using the same amount of electricity   By using exotic human-made materials, scientists from Duke University and Boston College believe they can greatly enhance the forces of electromagnetism (EM), one of the four fundamental forces of nature, without harming living beings or damaging electrical equipment. This theoretical finding

It did boost cognitive faculties regardless of a person’s age by the equivalent of about six IQ points PEOPLE are living longer, which is good. But old age often brings a decline in mental faculties and many researchers are looking for ways to slow or halt such decline. One group doing so is led by

Boy am I really starting to hate that Chicken Little   It looks like Chicken Little may have gotten it right after all. This time, the proverbial sky may actually be falling. According to multiple reports last week, a Russian-based hacker launched a cyber attack on a drinking water utility in Illinois that destroyed one

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Autonomous micro labs the size of cells that monitor chemical systems  from the inside – pure fiction, as yet. But several crucial steps have been taken. Lablets, as Prof Dr John McCaskill refers to them, are microscopic electronic particles that he and his partners have developed in the recent years. Currently not larger than 140

Is biodiverse agriculture an anachronism?  Or is it a vital part of a food-secure future? Given the need to feed an estimated 2.4 billion more people by the year 2050, the drive toward large-scale, single-crop farming around the world may seem inexorable. But there’s an important downside to this trend, argues Timothy Johns, Professor of

Once upon a time, a car was an industrial machine you climbed in and drove around. Today, it’s also a tracking and nudging machine that second-guesses you for your own good. It reminds you to fasten your seat belt and makes sure you don’t lock yourself out, and it contains a “black box,” much like