Top 5 Neuroscience News Stories of the Week

Summary: This week, research teams from around the globe shared their remarkable findings from the field of neuroscience. Discoveries ranged from unraveling how Botox breaches neurons, to a study finding…

Hong Kong treads fine line on regulating retail crypto trade

Retail investors in Hong Kong may soon be able to buy popular cryptocurrencies like bitcoin at government-licensed exchanges. Retail investors in Hong Kong may soon be able to buy popular…

China’s first homegrown passenger jet makes maiden commercial flight

China’s first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday. China’s first domestically produced passenger jet made its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in…

Gene Therapy Reverses Age-Related Hearing Loss

Summary: Researchers successfully demonstrated the efficacy of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in reversing genetic hearing loss in aged animal models. The scientists developed a mature mouse model with a mutation…

Delays at UK airports after e-gate failure

Credit: CC0 Public Domain UK airports were chaotic on Saturday after glitches in the passport e-gate system held up people arriving in the country for hours. It comes at a…

EU official says Twitter abandons bloc’s voluntary pact against disinformation

The Twitter logo is seen on the awning of the building that houses the Twitter office in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Twitter has dropped out of a voluntary…

Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming ‘green corridors’ to fast-track cleaner technologies

Loading docks are seen at the Port of Los Angeles, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. A year ago, Los Angeles and Shanghai formed a partnership to create a green shipping…

Key facts about Neuralink, Musk’s cyborg gamble

Elon Musk standing next to a surgical robot during a Neuralink presentation in 2020. Neuralink, Elon Musk’s brain-implant company, has won US approval to test on humans. Here is what…

AI makes it harder to spot deep fakes than ever before, but awareness is key, says expert

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain As artificial intelligence programs continue to develop and access is easier than ever, it’s making it harder to separate fact from fiction. Just this week, an…

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