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Paralyzed people can now walk again thanks to the world’s first spinal cord implant

To walk, the brain transmits commands downstream pathways that cascade from the brainstem to fire these neurons. (CREDIT: Creative Commons)…

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Windows filled with a transparent layer of wood help retain heat

Transparent wood airgel can replace the air in double glazed windows and make them as insulating as walls. Windows with…

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Revolutionary treatment cures prostate cancer in less than an hour

The game-changing treatment uses electrical currents to destroy hard-to-reach tumors. (CREDIT: Creative Commons) Doctors in the UK hope that thousands…

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PointClickCare Acquires Value-Based Patient Pattern Platform

Canadian technology company PointClickCare acquired Patient Pattern, an electronic health record and integrated healthcare management platform. Patient Pattern works with…

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Brexit law changes could limit access to UK river pollution data

The legal right to access environmental information, which activists and researchers have used to expose the illegal dumping of raw…

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The US remains the grim leader in preterm births. Why? And can we fix it?

The second pregnancy of Tamara Etienne from the first days was fraught with risk and anxiety, aggravated by the first…

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The sixth Great Lake was larger than all the others combined.

Long before the Great Lakes existed, there was a huge lake that eclipsed them all with its size: Lake Agassiz.…

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Listen to ‘Compromises’: Medical Debt Brings ‘Shocking Amount of Suffering’

The numbers that speak of the history of medical debt in the US are staggering: about 100 million Americans have…

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Quantum breakthrough paves way for world’s first experimental wormhole

An artistic representation that resembles a cosmological wormhole if it existed in nature.. (CREDIT: Creative Commons) One of the first…

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Revolutionary multi-layer solar panels are 1000 times more powerful

Most solar cells are currently based on silicon; however, their effectiveness is limited. (CREDIT: Creative Commons) The photovoltaic effect of…

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