A clinical trial at four pediatric diabetes centers in the United States has found that a new artificial pancreas system — which automatically monitors and regulates blood glucose levels — …read more Source:: Science
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Microsoft tests these new Windows 10 features: File cleanup tips and better media controls
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•Microsoft is working on new Settings features to help users clean up storage and find new features. …read more Source:: Linux
Molecular ‘switch’ reverses chronic inflammation and aging
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•Scientists have identified a molecular ‘switch’ that controls the immune machinery responsible for chronic inflammation in the body. The finding could lead to new ways to halt or even reverse …read more Source:: Science
Discovery sheds new light on how cells move
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•Through experiments, researchers found that the force each cell applies to the surface beneath it — in other words, traction — is the dominant physical factor that controls cell shape …read more Source:: Science
‘Fettuccine’ may be most obvious sign of life on Mars, researchers report
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•A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report. The bacterium that controls the formation of …read more Source:: Science
Dusty rainfall records reveal new understanding of Earth’s long-term climate
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•Ancient rainfall records stretching 550,000 years into the past may upend scientists’ understanding of what controls the Asian summer monsoon and other aspects of the Earth’s long-term climate. Milankovitch theory …read more Source:: Science
Metalens combined with an artificial muscle
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•Inspired by the human eye, researchers have developed an adaptive metalens that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye. The adaptive metalens simultaneously controls for three of the major …read more Source:: Science
Specific set of nerve cells controls epileptic seizures’ spread through brain
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•Experimental activation of a small set of nerve cells in the brain prevents convulsive seizures in a mouse model of temporal lobe epilepsy, the most common form of epilepsy among …read more Source:: Science
Nature or nurture? Innate social behaviors in the mouse brain
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•The brain circuitry that controls innate, or instinctive, behaviors such as mating and fighting was thought to be genetically hardwired. Not so, neuroscientists now say. …read more Source:: Science
Dancing can reverse the signs of aging in the brain
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•Physical exercise has an anti-aging effect on the hippocampus region of the brain — an area that controls memory, learning and balance. A new study, comparing different forms of exercise …read more Source:: Science