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We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
- Neuroscience
Mind to motion
Brain-computer interfaces promise new freedom for the paralyzed and immobile.
By Meghan Rosen - Humans
Our Final Invention
Computers already make all sorts of decisions for you. Imagine if the machines controlled even more aspects of life and could truly think for themselves.
By Sid Perkins - Life
3-D printing builds bacterial metropolises
By simulating biofilms, new 3-D printing technique may help researchers study antibiotic resistance.
By Meghan Rosen - Tech
Memory upgrade
The demands of modern computing call for a seismic shift in data storage and retrieval.
By Andrew Grant - Earth
Deep network
The NEPTUNE observatory — a ring of six underwater research stations connected to the Internet with fiber optic cables — is the first online observatory to brave the depths of the abyss.
- Tech
Vitamin stops static electricity
Clearing out uncharged molecules may prevent charge buildup.
By Meghan Rosen - Tech
Bacterial batteries get a solid boost
Using microbes to harvest energy from wastewater now has a silver lining, with the metal making reliable, rechargeable batteries.
By Beth Mole - Tech
Letters to the editor
Readers respond to glowing plants, fracking worries and space hookups.
By Science News - Tech
Stretchy, see-through material conducts electricity
Simple new device could find use in loudspeakers, artificial muscles or soft robots.
By Meghan Rosen -
- Tech
Online ‘likes’ multiply themselves
Social media users swayed by previous ratings, researchers find when they randomly assign positive and negative votes.
- Tech
Hybrid race car of transistors debuts
A new transistor combines the essential features of high speed and low energy consumption.
By Andrew Grant