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‘Value instantiation’ key to luxury brands’ and social responsibility
Although luxury brands and social responsibility seem fundamentally inconsistent with each other, the two entities can coexist in the mind…
AI can detect low-glucose levels via ECG without fingerprick test
A new technology for detecting low glucose levels via ECG using a noninvasive wearable sensor, which with the latest artificial…
Risk of lead exposure linked to decreased brain volume in adolescents
In a study using brain scans from nearly 10 thousand adolescents across the country, investigators show that risk of lead…
Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body
Researchers have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keeps them alive outside the body for one week.…
When pregnant moms are stressed out, babies’ brains suffer
Knowing that your unborn fetus has congenital heart disease causes such pronounced maternal stress, anxiety and depression that these women’s…
Bacteria-shredding tech to fight drug-resistant superbugs
New technology uses nano-sized particles of magnetic liquid metal to shred bacteria and bacterial biofilm. The research offers a groundbreaking…
‘Ageotypes’ provide window into how individuals age
Stanford scientists have identified specific biological pathways along which individuals age over time.