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But the “miracle poison,” as it’s also known, has been approved by the F.D.A. to treat a suite of maladies like chronic migraines, uncontrolled blinking, and certain muscle spasms. And now, a team of researchers from Harvard University and the Broad Institute have, for the first time, proved they could rapidly evolve the toxin in the laboratory to target a variety of different proteins, creating a suite of bespoke, super-selective proteins called proteases with the potential to aid in neuroregeneration, regulate growth hormones, calm rampant inflammation, or dampen the life-threatening immune response called cytokine storm.

When people hear botulinum toxin, they often think one of two things: a cosmetic that makes frown lines disappear or a deadly poison.

Russia said Saturday that its scientists had detected the world’s first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu from birds to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization.

Deepfakes are getting better, and as they become increasingly convincing, the pressure is on for deepfake detection technologies to keep up.

Scientists from EPFL and IBM Research Europe have demonstrated the generation of tunable and coherent frequency combs in a pair of hybridised optical microresonators.

Sheltersuit by the Sheltersuit Foundation is a life-saving wind and waterproof jacket that transforms into a sleeping bag to provide immediate shelter to the homeless who deserve “warmth, protection, and dignity.” (More info: https://youtu.be/_HOec-P6Jl4)

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Dreaming experiments involved real-time conversations between sleepers and scientists.

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