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Scientists discover how the human brain folds

Understanding how the brain folds could help unlock the inner workings of the brain and unravel brain-related disorders, as function often follows form

Graphene is ideal substrate for brain electrodes, researchers find

Machine-learning technique uncovers unknown features of multi-drug-resistant pathogen

Relatively simple “unsupervised” learning system reveals important new information to microbiologists

New acoustic-tweezer design allows for 3D bioprinting

Makes possible 3D multicellular architectures for applications in biomanufacturing, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, neuroscience, and cancer metastasis research

Mechanotherapy may replace drug and cellular therapies for injured muscle tissue

A new technique for super-resolution digital microscopy

Another advance in smaller, more-accessible, super-resolution microscopy devices

How cancer cells form tumors by reaching out with ‘cables’ and grabbing cells

A cancer riddle solved; counters “cancer stem cell” explanation

Google machine-learning system is first to defeat professional Go player

Deep-learning AlphaGo: 5; leading Go master Fan Hui: 0.

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A flexible, transparent pressure sensor

A more sensitive way for doctors (or robots) to palpate tumors

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