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Walking in nature lowers risk of depression, scientists find in MRI study

Urbanization is associated with increased levels of mental illness

Future of Life Institute awards $7M to explore artificial intelligence risks

Terminator Genisys film will distract from the real issues posed by future AI, says Tegmark

Pulsed electric field technology may rejuvenate skin function and appearance

How to form 3-D shapes from flat sheets of graphene

Could lead to highly sensitive 3D sensors, graphene-coated atomic force microscope (AFM) probes, electrode arrays, and new biosensing devices

Rice University installs powerful electron microscope with sub-nanoscale resolution

Will create awesome 4K images

‘Microswimmer’ robots to drill through blocked arteries within four years

Controlled by an external magnetic field, nanoscale bacteria-like chains could replace stents and angioplasty balloons

Engineers more than double data transmission capacity over fiber-optic cables

Creating a better semiconductor in femtoseconds with ‘photo-doping’

Swedish scientists create an artificial neuron that mimicks an organic one

Could remotely stimulate neurons based on specific chemical signals received from different parts of the body, or doctors could artificially bridge damaged nerve cells and restore neural functions

D-Wave Systems breaks the 1000 qubit quantum computing barrier

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