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Scientists are closing in on Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA

For over five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for his extraordinary talent and groundbreaking experiments.

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Daily eye drops could make reading glasses obsolete

Everybody develops presbyopia as they age – a difficulty in focusing on near objects and text – and often have to resort to reading glasses.

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Johns Hopkins breakthrough could make microchips smaller than ever

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered new materials and a new process that could advance the ever-escalating quest to make smaller, faster and affordable microchips used

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Google’s quantum computer creates exotic state once thought impossible

Unlike conventional phases of matter, the so-called non-equilibrium quantum phases are defined by their dynamical and time-evolving properties — a behavior that cannot be captured

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Your morning coffee could secretly be weakening antibiotics

Ingredients of our daily diet – including caffeine – can influence the resistance of bacteria to antibiotics. This has been shown in a new study

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Life on Mars? NASA discovers potential biosignatures in Martian mudstones

Data and images from NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover reveals that recently discovered rocks in Jezero crater are organic carbon bearing mudstones. The findings, detailed in

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Ozempic’s hidden pregnancy risk few women know about

Women taking popular weight-loss medications during their reproductive years may be unaware of associated risks to pregnancy and unborn babies, warn Flinders University researchers. A

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Smog in the brain: Dirty air speeds Alzheimer’s decline

Exposure to high concentrations of air pollution may worsen Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by accelerating the buildup of toxic proteins in the brain and speeding up

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AI has no idea what it’s doing, but it’s threatening us all

The age of artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed our interactions, but threatens human dignity on a worldwide scale, according to a study led by Charles

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Strange new bacteria found in Amazon sand flies. Could it spread to humans?

A new species of bacteria of the genus Bartonella has been found in the Amazon National Park in the state of Pará, Brazil, in phlebotomine