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Powering brain implants without wires with thin-film wireless power transmission system

Avoids risk of infections through skull opening and leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, and allows for free-moving subjects and more flexible uses of brain-computer interfaces

Impact of automation puts up to 85% of jobs in developing countries at risk

Mitochondria trigger cell aging, researchers discover

How to rejuvenate or prevent aging in human and mice cells

CMU announces research project to reverse-engineer brain algorithms, funded by IARPA

A Human Genome Project-level plan to make computers learn like humans

Future of drug delivery seen in a crystal ball

Not flakey — and a few 100 times stronger than liposomes

How to efficiently convert carbon dioxide from air to methanol fuel

A twofer: sustainable fuel source from greenhouse gas emissions

Mayo Clinic researchers extend lifespan by up to 35 percent in mice

NASA engineers to build first integrated-photonics modem

A step toward revolutionary integrated photonics on a chip

US could see substantial impact of Zika virus, warns researcher

WHO director declares “public health emergency of international concern”; virus believed to cause microcephaly in newborns, mild flu-like symptoms in adults, children

Swarm of aquatic robots learns to cooperate by themselves

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