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Reversing Alzheimer’s gene ‘blockade’ can restore memory, other cognitive functions
By By Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | 01 Mar 2012
Neuroscientists have shown that an HDAC2 enzyme overproduced in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients creates a blockade that shuts off genes necessary to form new memories; by inhibiting that enzyme in mice, the researchers were able to reverse Alzheimer’s symptoms
Volcanoes deliver two flavours of water
01 Mar 2012
Higgs boson gets new mass limit
24 Feb 2012
New, more precise measurements of a particle called the W boson are again suggesting that physicists' prized Higgs boson is lighter than previously predicted
Glitch may be behind “faster than light” effect: CERN
24 Feb 2012
In what might come as a major embarrassment for scientists who claimed that some particles may have the ability to travel faster than light, it is now suggested that this might have something to do with faulty cabling or faulty time keeping
Wringing more energy out of everyday motions
24 Feb 2012
Space debris in the spotlight
21 Feb 2012
Recycled waste glass strengthens cement concrete
21 Feb 2012
Microchips’ optical future: light may replace power to move data
By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 16 Feb 2012
To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States
‘Invisibility’ cloak could protect buildings from earthquakes
16 Feb 2012
University of Manchester mathematicians have developed the theory for a Harry Potter style ’cloaking’ device which could protect buildings from earthquakes.
EU and US regulators approve Google-Motorola merger
14 Feb 2012
Regulators have warned Google that they would monitor its use of Motorola Mobility’s portfolio of 17,000 patents, particularly those that are deemed standards essential
A robot sketches portraits
13 Feb 2012
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