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Gold nanoparticles carried Cas9 enzyme into brain, editing receptor and lessening burying behavior Scientists have used CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to lessen some autism symptoms in mice with a form of fragile X syndrome, the most common known single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorder. Employing gold nanoparticles to deliver the DNA-cutting Cas9 enzyme into the brain

Five years ago we first reported on Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company‘sLoon, a proposed production solar-electric boat. At that time, creator Monte Gisborne told us that “exhausting hydrocarbons directly into your own lake isn’t much different from urinating in your family room.” In 2009 the 8-passenger watercraft received a design overhaul, and production was scheduled to

A piece of work by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has for the first time implemented a model of quantum artificial life on a quantum computer The Quantum Technologies for Information Science (QUTIS) research group, led by the Ikerbasque Professor Enrique Solano of the UPV/EHU’s Department of Physical Chemistry, has developed a quantum biomimetic

As the wind sector continues to grow, the workers who inspect offshore turbines will need practical places to live. The Wind Turbine Loft is a new kind of creative housing for this class of workers. One day, wind turbines may not only power residential units. They’ll be residential units. That’s the thinking behind the Wind Turbine Loft, an

Image via Wikipedia STORING energy is one of the biggest obstacles to the widespread adoption of alternative sources of power. Batteries can be bulky and slow to charge. Hydrogen, which can be made electrolytically from water and used to power fuel cells, is difficult to handle. But there may be an alternative: magnesium. As school

Researchers have discovered a method of making jet fuel from a common fungus found in decaying leaves, soil and rotting fruit, which they believe will lead to the economically viable production of mould-based aviation biofuels in the next five years. The researchers at Washington State University used Aspergillus carbonarius to create hydrocarbons, the chief component

Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have developed strains of rice that are resistant to drought in real-world situations. Published in Plant Biotechnology Journal, the study reports that transgenic rice modified with a gene from the Arabidopsis plant yield more rice than unmodified rice when subjected to stress brought by natural

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a way to make personalised medicine cheaper and easier. Imagine if you could combine the myriad of pills you need to take for your ailment in just one tablet; or if you need only to take the medication once a day and