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A custom brain implant lifted a woman's severe depression

Oct 04 2021 11:00 AM

An experimental device interrupts brain activity linked to a woman's low mood. The technology, she said, has changed her lens on life.

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Scientists are one step closer to error-correcting quantum computers

Oct 04 2021 11:00 AM

In a quantum computer made with trapped ions, multiple quantum bits were combined into one to detect mistakes.

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Discovering how we sense temperature and touch wins the 2021 medicine Nobel Prize

Oct 04 2021 9:17 AM

Finding sensors on nerve cells that detect temperature and pressure nets California scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian a Nobel Prize.

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A new antiviral pill cuts COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates

Oct 01 2021 4:14 PM

Merck says its drug, molnupiravir, stops viral replication and can be taken right after a COVID-19 diagnosis.

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Ink analysis reveals Marie Antoinette's letters' hidden words and who censored them

Oct 01 2021 2:00 PM

Chemical analyses of letters written by Marie Antoinette solve a French Revolution mystery: Who censored the queen?

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2020 babies may suffer up to seven times as many extreme heat waves as 1960s kids

Oct 01 2021 7:00 AM

Children born in 2020 will bear a much heavier burden from climate change during their lifetimes than those born in 1960, a new analysis finds.

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