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  1. Health & Medicine

    New technique brings Parkinson’s treatment closer

    An efficient technique to make dopamine-producing nerve cells from human embryonic stem cells could mark a step toward devising therapies for Parkinson's disease.

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  2. Health & Medicine

    Exercises counteract lazy eye

    Amblyopia, or lazy eye, can be reversed in adults with visual task exercises.

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  3. Pick a photo, any photo

    An fMRI scan of the brain can tell what photograph a subject is looking at.

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  4. Materials Science

    Cellulose that stiffens and softens

    A material inspired by sea cucumbers morphs from rigid to soft.

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  5. Altruistic twist in market economies

    Democratic societies with market economies promote a moral ethic of cooperating with strangers who demand mutual sacrifices in joint ventures.