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- Health & Medicine
Stretchy electronics aid heart surgery
New balloon catheters may help cardiologists treat common cardiac problems.
- Chemistry
Molecules/Matter & Energy
Lasers 'draw' nanosized structures, plus twisty turbines and quantum vibrations in this week's news.
- Earth
Earth/Environment
The carbon footprint of Brazilian beef, plus the health effects of pollution and electrification in this week's news.
- Health & Medicine
Alpha wave may affect sleep quality
A type of brain activity once considered diagnostic of wakefulness persists during slumber, and the more intense it is the more easily a person can be jolted awake.
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Genes & Cells
A lab mistake may have fingered virus for disease, plus proteins that thwart chemo and more in this week’s news.
- Space
Stellar wormholes may exist
Tunnels through spacetime would connect pairs of stars, new simulations suggest.
- Psychology
A man lost in musical time
A man who can’t feel music’s pulse or move in time to it provides initial clues to ‘beat deafness.’
- Earth
Low sperm counts linked to fetal effects
Low male fertility may partly stem from chemical exposures in utero, an anatomical study suggests.
- Space
A bid to implode cosmic ray theory
Streams of fast-moving particles aren’t fueled just by supernovas, a new study suggests.
- Health & Medicine
Body & Brain
Ibuprofen may help fend off Parkinson’s, plus bone boosters and smokers’ brains in this week’s news.
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Enzyme revives long-term memories
Increasing levels of a natural substance in the brain helps rats remember old times.
- Life
Good gene type for cancer bad for stroke
A DNA variant that helps prevent tumors may diminish the brain’s recovery after an interruption in blood supply.
