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Graphene contact lenses could give everyone night vision

June 4, 2014

Contact lenses with night vision could be on the way.

We all might be able to experience soon the super hero ability of having night vision thanks to graphene contact lenses. Contact lenses one day in the near future will be able to register the entire infrared spectrum as well as visible and ultraviolet light, according to Zhaohui Zhong, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Michigan.

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Scientists erase, then restore rats’ memories

June 3, 2014

Researchers can selectively remove a memory and predictably reactivate it by stimulating nerves in the brain.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers have erased and reactivated memories in rats, profoundly altering the animals’ reaction to past events.

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Brave new world of biotech: Push one to create life; push two to create alien life

June 3, 2014

“We’re considering the possibility that you can write software for living things with bio-code (aka DNA).”

May was a good month for miracles. During these first weeks in May, two separate teams working at two separate institutions announced that when it comes to creating life from scratch, well, there are a couple of new gods in town.

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Researchers discover new treatment for diabetes

June 2, 2014

Researchers discovered a small molecule that inhibits an enzyme that degrades insulin.

Harvard researchers may have finally identified a chemical compound that could be used to study and treat diabetes after decades of searching. They have discovered a whole different method for maintaining insulin in the blood: by blocking the enzyme that breaks it down.

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Scientists discover way to regenerate teeth with lasers

June 2, 2014

Scientists use low powered laser to grow teeth.

Scientists have used a low powered laser to activate and direct stem cells to grow teeth. It looks as if they did it right in the mouth (of a couple of species)! That’s a disruptive innovation compared to the way stem cells are typically grown and developed outside the body.

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Dogs can sniff the scent of prostate cancer with 98% accuracy

May 23, 2014

Dogs’ noses have four times the number of olfactory cells as humans.

Dogs noses are powerful and it has been well documented what they are able to sniff out. Researchers have discovered that our canine companions’ snouts may be more accurate than advanced laboratory procedures when it comes to detecting certain forms of cancer.

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Longevity gene may enhance brain power

May 22, 2014

If scientists could boost the brain’s ability to function, they may be able to counter dementias.

For the first time ever, scientists have shown that people who have a variant of a gene called KLOTHO also have improved cognitive abilities, including better memories and enhanced thinking skills.

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Scientists discover a way to create matter from light

May 22, 2014

Scientists discovered a technique that should produce electrons and positrons by colliding two sets of super-energetic photons.

For a long time, scientists have theorized that you can create matter from light by colliding photons. Proving that theory has been a different story — you need the right high-energy particles to even think of trying. However, it looks like that once-impossible dream is close to becoming reality.

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Amplituhedron may revolutionize the future of physics

May 16, 2014

Amplituhedron

Understanding exactly what happens after subatomic particles collide has been a long struggle for physicists. For decades, the best tool involved basic sketches (called Feynman diagrams) of each possible result. For all but the simplest scenarios, this method fills pages with drawings and equations.

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New hydrogel regrows bone tissue exactly where you need it

May 13, 2014

Hydrogel

When you have seriously damaged bones you want to regrow them quickly, but you also have to carefully manage that growth to produce the right shape. A gel has been created by Rice University researchers that makes it easier to produce only the bone tissue a patient needs. (Video)

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Young blood recharges old brains

May 6, 2014

A new study has found that an infusion of young blood can reverse some of the effects of aging.

Blood is the life force and we say that “young blood” can rejuvenate an aging culture or company; Dracula refreshes himself with the blood of young victims.

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Scientists confirm existence of the periodic table’s 117th element

May 6, 2014

Ununseptium – the 117th element

The discovery of the periodic table’s 117th element has been confirmed after four years of painstaking research. Element 117, otherwise known as ununseptium, was originally discovered back in 2010 by a group of American and Russian physicists with the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR). However, it has taken years for the discovery to be replicated by another independent team, which the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) requires. Now the element, with the approval of the IUPAC, can be named and added to the periodic table, extending our understanding of transuranium elements.

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