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Humm unveils wearable that stimulates your brain to improve memory
Posted in Hardware, Medicine on 22nd Aug, 2019
by Alex Muller
The Berkeley, California-based company said it measured a 20% improvement in working memory and a rate of learning that was 120 times faster than a placebo after a 15-minute session with the wearable patch.
CRISPR enters its first human clinical trials
Posted in Medicine, Science on 18th Aug, 2019
by Alex Muller
In the first spate of clinical trials, scientists are using CRISPR/Cas9 to combat cancer and blood disorders in people.
Earth's magnetic field reversals may take much longer than we thought
Posted in Science on 9th Aug, 2019
by Alex Muller
The Earth's magnetic field plays a key role in making our little planet habitable, since without it the surface would be bombarded by radiation from space
Google’s AI learns how actions in videos are connected
Posted in Software on 9th Aug, 2019
by Alex Muller
This will be useful for researchers working on video understanding.
Breakthrough discovery of signal cancers use to hide from immune system
Posted in Medicine on 1st Aug, 2019
by Alex Muller
It's hoped the discovery of this major signaling protein will lead to new immunotherapy treatments that increase the number of options that clinicians have at their disposal to help patients.