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Artificial Red Blood Cells To Aid Drug Delivery, Imaging
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New Artificial Larynx Does Away With Dreaded ‘Robot Voice’
Optical Sensors in Robots’ Skin Give Them A Softer Touch
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Voice Analysis Software Could Detect Depression Over the Phone
Italian Court Reduces Murderer’s Sentence Due To Presence of Gene Linked To Violence
Silk-Silicon Implantable Electronics Conform to Tissues, Then Melt Away
Hideous Rodent May Provide Cure For Cancer
Scientists Find A Precision Clock Logging the Milliseconds Inside Your Brain
Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today
For the First Time, Geneticists Diagnose Disease Through Whole-Genome Analysis
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Scientists Use Precise Flashes of Light to Implant False Memories in Fly Brains
US Special Forces Field-Testing Plasma Knife
Science Confirms the Obvious: People Wash Their Hands More When They’re Watched
New Uncrawlable Material for Household Surfaces Gives Cockroaches the Slip
“Spider Pill” Camera Bots Could Crawl Your Colon
Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Tumors While It Cuts
Nobel Prize Awarded for Contributions to the Quest for Immortality
Nasal Spray for Better Memory
Self-Regulated Morphine Delivery for Wounded Warfighters
The State of the Art of Electronic Noses
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First Ever Video Game Census Finds Minority Characters Underrepresented
New Study Shows That Torturing People Makes Them Forget the Facts You Want Them to Confess
AIDS-Like Virus Threatens Koalas With Extinction
Genetically Engineered Bacteria Etch Famous Faces Into a Petri Dish
Panasonic’s Robotic Bed Transforms into a Mobile Chair, Makes Standing Up Obsolete
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Harnessing Lightning Bolts to Build Artificial Organs
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