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23
2017
Your cognitive capacity is significantly reduced when your smartphone is within reach — even if it’s off — suggests new research.
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Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
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23
2017
Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may become aerosolized, and easily inhaled. The findings likely have implications for 'sick building syndrome.
Algorithm generates optimal origami folding patterns for any shape
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23
2017
A new algorithm generates practical paper-folding patterns to produce any 3-D structure.
Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
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23
2017
Researchers are getting more out of the sweat they've put into their work on a wearable diagnostic tool that measures three diabetes-related compounds in microscopic amounts of perspiration. In a study, the team describes their wearable diagnostic biosensor that can detect three interconnected compounds - cortisol, glucose and interleukin-6 - in perspired sweat for up to a week without loss of signal integrity.
Anti-epilepsy drug restores normal brain activity in mild Alzheimer's disease
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23
2017
An anti-epileptic drug has been tested for its potential impact on the brain activity of patients with mild Alzheimer's disease. The team documented changes in patients' EEGs that suggest the drug could have a beneficial effect.
Scientists recreate Californian Indian water bottles to study ancient exposure to chemicals
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23
2017
Water bottles replicated in the traditional method used by Native Californian Indians reveal that the manufacturing process may have been detrimental to the health of these people.
Sweet bribes for ants are key to crops bearing fruit, study shows
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23
2017
Some flowering crops, such as beans and cotton, carefully manage the amount and sweetness of nectar produced on their flowers and leaves, to recruit colonizing ants which deter herbivores. This strategy balances their needs for defense and reproduction.