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The Next Great Overdose-Reversing Drug Might Already Exist Dec 14, 2022

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Fentanyl-related substances have a bad reputation, but they could also save lives. In the US, a legislative battle to expedite research is heating up.

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The Extraordinary Shelf Life of the Deep Sea Sandwiches Dec 13, 2022

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How did a lunch last underwater for 10 months? The answer relates to how carbon moves in the deep sea, and has implications for fighting climate change.

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This Low-Cost Test for Hearing Loss Lives on a Smartphone Dec 12, 2022

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Audiology screening can be inaccessible for kids in low-resource areas. By utilizing off-the-shelf products, these scientists are trying to change that.

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Electronic Second Skins Are the Wearables of the Future Dec 09, 2022

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Flexible e-skins could be used to measure wearers’ blood pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels in real time, assisting with diagnoses and health care.

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The Era of One-Shot, Multimillion-Dollar Genetic Cures Is Here Dec 08, 2022

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Gene therapies promise long-term relief from intractable diseases—if insurers agree to pony up.

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A Proactive Way to Detect Cancer at Its Earliest Stages Dec 07, 2022

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Medtech firm Earli is working on a way to make tumors announce themselves as they appear—and even provide directions to where they are in the body.

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Pop-Up Farming Pods to Help Colonizers Grow Crops on Mars Dec 05, 2022

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Interstellar Lab’s inflatable BioPod is designed to help plants survive inhospitable conditions on Earth and allow explorers to settle on the Red Planet.

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Pliocene-Like Monsoons Are Returning to the American Southwest Dec 05, 2022

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As carbon concentrations rise, conditions are becoming more like they were 3 million years ago, when the area was wetter and the rain was heavier.

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'Gold Hydrogen’ Is an Untapped Resource in Depleted Oil Wells Dec 02, 2022

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The fuel can be produced by adding bacteria to spent drill holes—meaning there are thousands of potential hydrogen sources worldwide.

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For Alzheimer’s Scientists, the Amyloid Debate Has No Easy Answers Dec 01, 2022

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For years, potential therapies that attack this brain protein have failed to help patients in clinical trials. Now—surprisingly—a new drug shows promise.

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