Alzheimer's disease is typically first noticed in the form of memory problems, although the condition is typically quite advanced by that stage. In order to catch it earlier, scientists have developed a video game that assesses players' spatial navigation skills.
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Plunging down to a depth of about 11,000 meters, the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, so it’s no surprise that we don’t really know what’s down there. New species and strange sounds have turned up recently, and now researchers have discovered a new group of oil-eating bacteria.
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If you've lost your sense of smell due to a virus, there may soon be a way of getting it back – temporarily, at least. Scientists have found that use of a sodium citrate nasal spray gets some people smelling again.
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Even in the bizarre world of quantum physics there are some behaviors researchers felt they could count on – such as the way entangled photons operate. But new research has shown that even those tiny particles of light don't behave as we previously thought.
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Scientists say that what you've been told about cement is not entirely true. Far from being a climate change villain, it actually helps clear a substantial amount of carbon dioxide from the air once it's set.
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An international team of scientists has found that retreating sea ice between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans is linked to significantly weakened air-sea heat exchange in the region since 1979. This, it warns, could result in a cooler climate in western Europe.
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A team from Disney Research Pittsburgh and the University of East Anglia has developed a system that could make the dubbing of foreign-language films easier, by automatically suggesting more English phrases that match the actors' lip movements.
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There may soon be help for red-green colorblind TV viewers. UK company Spectral Edge has announced its Eyeteq system, which reportedly "allows color-blind viewers to better differentiate between red and green when watching programs, allowing them to see details they previously could not."
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While existing methods of controlling Mediterranean fruit flies include the use of insecticides and sterilization, a new approach uses genetically modifying male fruit flies to produce only male viable offspring.
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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UAE) in England have uncovered an Achille's heel in the cell defenses of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could mean the bacteria wouldn't develop drug-resistance in the first place.
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