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Cellular Fountain
of Youth A team of South Korean scientists on Sunday claimed to have created a "cellular fountain of youth,’’ or a small molecule, which enables human cells to avoid aging and dying. The team, headed by Prof. Kim Tae-kook at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, argued the newly-synthesized molecule, named CGK733, can even make cells younger, quotes The Korea Times. |
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Alzheimer's Vaccine Shows Promise An experimental vaccine is showing promise against Alzheimer's disease, reducing brain deposits that are blamed for the disorder. The deposits have been cut by between 15.5 percent and 38.5 percent in mice, with no major side effects, researchers said Monday in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. |
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Google's
Not-So-Very-Secret Weapon THE DALLES, Oregon – On the banks of the windswept Columbia River, Google is working on a secret weapon in its quest to dominate the next generation of Internet computing. But it is hard to keep a secret when it is as big as two football fields, with twin cooling towers protruding four stories into the sky. |
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Regrowing
the Damaged Brain n recent years, scientists have discovered that the brain has a remarkable capacity for self-repair. Hoping to take advantage of this ability, researchers have developed a technology to deliver electrical stimulation directly to brain tissue. The therapy, now being tested in large clinical trials, could boost the brain's repair mechanisms and improve recovery after stroke. |
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Independent
Robots Team Up For Search Task A team of autonomous flying and ground-based robots have successfully cooperated to search for and locate targets in the streets of an urban warfare training ground in the US. The system could help in search and rescue efforts and military operations – and even has the potential to include humans in the team. |
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New Method of Getting Drugs Into the Brain One of the biggest challenges in treating neurological conditions such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease is finding safe and non-invasive ways to enable drugs to penetrate the brain's natural defense – the blood-brain barrier. Now scientists have developed a way to temporarily open a very small part of that barrier using focused ultrasound. They hope this precise targeting will allow drugs to enter specific parts of the brain – without exposing the rest of the brain and without damaging the barrier or surrounding neuronal tissue in the process. |
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Computers
Being Taught 3D Vision PITTSBURGH, June 13 (UPI) – U.S. researchers say new machine learning techniques are allowing them to teach computers to perceive three dimensions in 2-D images. The Carnegie Mellon University scientists say it is now possible for computers to learn how to discern the geometric context of natural scenes, which, previously, has been a major roadblock for computer vision. |
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