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A drug-delivery technique to bypass the blood-brain barrier

Could benefit a large population of patients with neurodegenerative disorders

Creating an artificial sense of touch by electrical stimulation of the brain

DARPA-funded study may lead to building prosthetic limbs for humans using a direct brain-electrode interface to recreate the sense of touch

Cobalt atoms on graphene: a low-cost catalyst for producing hydrogen from water

Rice University catalyst may lead to clean, inexpensive hydrogen production for fuel cells

How to 3-D print a heart

This microrobot could be a model for a future dual aerial-aquatic vehicle

It flies. It dives. It swims. It’s a flapping-wing insect-size microbot. It’s … RobotBee!

Mass extinctions linked to comet and asteroid showers

Largest astronomical image to date contains 46 billion pixels

Accessible for online viewing

Custom 3-D printed ear models help surgeons carve new ears

Is your thinking chaotic? There’s a model for that.

How the mind processes sequential memory may help understand psychiatric disorders

A powerful new ‘tool’ for assembling biomolecules

Replaces the existing expensive and complex process needed when synthesizing new chemicals — could revolutionize pharmaceutical and biomaterials manufacturing

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