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Will AI replace judges and lawyers?

‘Atomic sandwich’ computing material uses 100 times less energy

Could lead to reduction of the forecast 50 percent of global energy consumption by electronics by 2030

Will we kill (or contaminate) microbial life on Mars?

“This has implications for plans for sample return from Mars and for future human missions.” — NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay, PhD

Bendable electronic color ‘paper’ invented

Zapping deep tumors with microwave-heated photosensitizer nanoparticle

Inexpensive new nanoparticle generates toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) for targeted attack of cancer cells

Engineers reveal fabrication process for revolutionary transparent graphene neural sensors

Mars-bound astronauts face brain damage from galactic cosmic ray exposure, says NASA-funded study

May encounter Alzheimer’s-like long-term memory deficits, anxiety, depression and impaired decision-making — will they even remember the trip?

Zapping undifferentiated stem cells with light to prevent tumors

Stain, shine, kill

Berkeley Lab announces first transistor with a working 1-nanometer gate

Breaks through the 5-nanometer quantum tunneling threshold; may allow for Moore’s law to continue

First human clinical trial for nicotinamide riboside

Vitamin safely boosts levels of important cell metabolite NAD+, which is critical for cellular energy production and protection against stress and DNA damage

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