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Rat neurons repair mouse brains — and restore sense of smell

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Two research teams have demonstrated that adding rat neurons to mouse brains that were missing crucial cells could help the organs to recover function1,2. The experiments could help scientists to better understand how different species’ brains develop, and even aid efforts to grow ‘chimeric’ pigs with human organs that could be used for transplantation in … Read more

Withings ScanWatch Nova review: analog looks with exceptional digital brains

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Withings ScanWatch Nova: Two-minute review Smartwatches have become ubiquitous in society. Certainly spearheaded by the arrival of the Apple Watch, you now can’t go anywhere without seeing a digital display on someone’s wrist. It could be argued that until we had the smartwatch, we didn’t know we needed it and we were perfectly content with … Read more