The days of wearing bifocals or constantly swapping out reading glasses might soon come to an end. A team led by University of Utah electrical and computer engineering professor Carlos Mastrangelo and…
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This new material self-heals like Wolverine’s skin
Scientists from the University of California, Riverside, have developed a transparent, self-healing, highly stretchable conductive material that can be electrically activated to power artificial muscles and could be used to improve batteries,…
TURNING BACK TIME: SALK SCIENTISTS REVERSE SIGNS OF AGING
Scientists at the Salk Institute have found that intermittent expression of genes normally associated with an embryonic state can reverse the hallmarks of old age. This approach, which not only prompted human…
Eyes of Watson – Cognitive Computing & Radiology for Heart Disease
Eyes of Watson – Cognitive Computing & Radiology for Heart Disease. “Eyes of Watson” is a joint effort by RSNA and IBM Research to show how machines of the future may be…
Scientists discover ‘off-switches’ for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is quickly revolutionizing biomedical research, but the new technology is not yet exact. The technique can inadvertently make excessive or unwanted changes in the genome and create off-target mutations,…