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MIT and Nectome Part Company
Nectome's adventurous claims to digitize and download your brain, have lead to MIT stopping its collaborative research work with the company.
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Eating Out Associated with Increased Exposure to Harmful Chemicals
Dining out more at restaurants, cafeterias and fast-food outlets may boost total levels of potentially health-harming chemicals called phthalates in the body, according to a recent study.
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Predicting Mutations' Impact on IQ
Many rare mutations can lead to intellectual disability, and a new study claims to be able to quantify the number of IQ points lost due to a mutation.
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Preclinical Study on Antitumor Effects of Cannabis Compounds Posts Positive Results
Results indicate that the cannabinoid compounds have different apoptotic - or cell-killing effects - depending on the dosage, type of cancer and the compound configuration.
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Novel Chip Developed for Fast and Accurate Disease Detection at Low Cost
Innovative microfluidic chip uses only standard lab microscope to spot nano-biomolecules without any fluorescent labels.
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MINT Models Humanity's Impact on Earth
Would building a new dam destroy an ecosystem? Will a new farming technique benefit the local environment? These questions can now be answered using an AI modelling system called MINT.
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Plants, Fungi and Bacteria Work Together to Clean Polluted Land
Highly complex interactions among roots, fungi and bacteria underlie the ability of some trees to clean polluted land, according to a novel study by bioinformatics and plant-biology experts.
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Nose-Delivered RNA Therapy Helps Destroy West Nile Virus
Researchers hunting a cure for West Nile virus have developed an RNA therapy, delivered through the nose, which can help destroy the virus in mice.
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Cracking Eggshell Nanostructure has Implications for Food Safety
How is it that fertilized chicken eggs manage to resist fracture from the outside, while at the same time, are weak enough to break from the inside during chick hatching? It’s all in the eggshell’s nanostructure, according to a new study.
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Your Body Responds Differently to Fructose and Glucose
Our brains can tell between different sugars and responds accordingly, suggests a study that assessed how sated volunteers felt after consuming fructose and glucose.
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