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Traditional Amazonian drug linked to improved sense of wellbeing
A psychedelic drug traditionally used in South America improves people's general sense of wellbeing and may offer a treatment for alcoholism and depression, new...
WikiLeaks’ Vault 8 Leaks Show CIA Impersonated Kaspersky Lab
Wikileaks released the source code for Hive on Thursday, a CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) implants used in transferring exfiltrated information from target Windows machines. The...
New Silicon Probe Records Activity of Hundreds of Neurons Simultaneously
Neuroscientists who want to follow the nervous system’s cellular conversations will soon have access to easy-to-use technology that simultaneously monitors neural activity at hundreds...
Licorice Extract May Help Prevent and Treat Parkinson’s
DGIST’s research team led by Dr. Yun-Il Lee in Well Aging Research Center has identified a new mechanism of inhibition of dopaminergic neuronal apoptosis...
Gene Breakthrough on Lithium Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
Genes linked to schizophrenia in psychiatric patients suffering from bipolar disorder are the reason why such patients don’t respond to the “gold standard” treatment...
Fully integrated circuits printed directly onto fabric
Researchers have successfully incorporated washable, stretchable and breathable electronic circuits into fabric, opening up new possibilities for smart textiles and wearable electronics. The circuits...
Skin damages : New solution using transplants derived from genetically modified stem cells
A medical team at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum's burn unit and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Modena (Italy) were the first...
New Netflix phishing scam
Netflix has over 100 million users, and that is the reason it has become a highly lucrative target for cybercriminals. Lately, a new phishing scam...
A Dark Web hacker is offering services to track anyone anywhere
Would you not like to track the traveling patterns of your friends or foes if given a chance? Of course, you would.
A majority of...
Apple sued by Israeli company over phone camera patents
Tel Aviv-based startup founded by university professor claims tech giant is using its innovations in iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus models
An Israeli...
Common type of failure in lithium-ion batteries caused by the formation and growth of...
Researchers have learned the mechanisms behind a common type of failure in lithium-ion batteries caused by the formation and growth of "dendrites," findings that...
Detect cracks in nuclear reactors with new deep learning System
A system under development at Purdue University uses artificial intelligence to detect cracks captured in videos of nuclear reactors and represents a future inspection...
Higher Estrogen Levels Linked to Increased Alcohol Sensitivity in Brain’s Reward Center
The reward center of the brain is much more attuned to the pleasurable effects of alcohol when estrogen levels are elevated, an effect that...
Autonomously growing synthetic DNA strands
Molecular robotics advance could enable new generation of self-assembling programmable devices
Synthetic biologists and nanobiologists are re-purposing DNA, the hereditary material present in nearly all...
Old human cells rejuvenated in breakthrough discovery on aging
A team led by Professor Lorna Harries, Professor of Molecular Genetics at the University of Exeter, has discovered a new way to rejuvenate inactive...
