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Alicia Gilbert of the JGU Department of Communication.

Forcing users offline backfires, while voluntary breaks deliver short-term high

Taking a break from your smartphone can make you feel more energetic…
Covid vaccine.

Africa producing just 1% of vaccines as global regionalisation efforts stall

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global health…
Revoice device

Wearable uses AI to restore speech for stroke patients without surgery

A new wearable device capable of reconstructing full sentences from silently mouthed…
Cigarette butts.

Scientists turn world’s most hated litter into batteries for the future

The billions of cigarette butts discarded every year could soon power your…
Dirty Diaper Sandwich

Parenthood rewires the brain to conquer the ‘yuck’ factor, study finds

Changing dirty nappies doesn’t just ruin your appetite – it actually ‘inoculates’…
AI doctors.

AI ‘digital clinical team’ built to spot early signs of dementia in patient notes

Researchers have created a fully autonomous AI system that acts like a…
Quantum medicine.

Quantum sensors and ‘super-powered’ MRI set to revolutionise medicine

A new roadmap from Japan argues that quantum technology is ready to…
Healthy old people.

‘Super agers’ win the genetic lottery twice to keep their memories young

People in their 80s who retain the sharp memories of those decades…
Near death experience.

Science still cannot say why the dying leave their bodies and see the dead

A major attempt to explain near-death experiences as simple brain chemistry has…
Fantastic Voyage.

Injectable swimming nanorobots can hunt down tumors and kill them

Science fiction is becoming a reality after researchers successfully tested microscopic robots…