Advance in bulk hair-regrowth technology keeps follicles coming thicker and faster

Outside of expensive transplants and drugs with questionable effectiveness, a proper treatment has continued to elude the great number of scientists working in the realm of hair loss. But sources of optimism are never far away, the latest coming out of Japan's Yokohama National University where scientists have developed an improved technique they claim brings higher rates of follicle growth and could be scaled up to cover larger, vaster expanses more efficiently.

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Category: Medical

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• Baldness
• Hair
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Breakthrough discovery of signal cancers use to hide from immune system

Cancer cells often deploy specific "don't eat me" signals to hide from immune cells. A breakthrough new study from Stanford University has homed in on a previously undiscovered signaling protein that, if effectively inhibited, may lead to new treatments for breast, ovarian, and other difficult-to-treat cancers.

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Category: Medical

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• Breast cancer
• Cancer
• Immunotherapy
• Ovarian Cancer
• Protein
• Stanford University

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TESS spots closest super-Earth that could be habitable

NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission has been very busy lately. Back in April, the satellite discovered its first Earth-sized planet, in early July it found three more in one system, and just this week another system of two sub-Neptunes and an Earth-like turned up. Now, the productive little satellite has made another important discovery – the closest super-Earth that's potentially habitable.

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Category: Space

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• Astronomy
• Cornell University
• Earth
• Exoplanet
• Habitable zone
• NASA
• Planet
• Super-Earth
• TESS

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Association between liver dysfunction and Alzheimer's disease found in new study

A new study is building on the growing association between the liver and Alzheimer's disease. Suggesting a correlation between blood-based liver function biomarkers and several neurological signs of Alzheimer's, the research hypothesizes the neurodegenerative disease has broader metabolic effects in organs other than the brain.

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Category: Medical

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• Biomarkers
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• Liver disease

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Indian's BBQ motorcycle means you won't have to wait to enjoy your roadkill

From the "why the hell not" files: the Indian team is hitting this year's Sturgis rally with a sidecar outfit we're sure will be popular. It's a custom-built Springfield Darkhorse with a big ol' BBQ for a sidecar. Your roadkill will never taste so fresh.

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Category: Motorcycles

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Lightsail 2 makes history by using sunlight to propel itself onto a new orbital path

It appears to be all smooth sailing for The Planetary Society's LightSail 2, with the history-making CubeSat now propelling itself through space on sunlight alone. The nonprofit announced today that after unfurling its solar sail last week, the tiny spacecraft has successfully leveraged photons from the Sun to shift its trajectory in Earth orbit, a landmark moment in the history of space exploration.

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Category: Space

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• LightSail 2
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• Solar Sail

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Cockroach-inspired robot survives being stepped on

Not only do cockroaches give many people the creeps, but often when you step on one of the critters, it just keeps on scurrying. Such resilience would be a good feature for mini-robots designed to scout disaster sites – among other applications – which is why scientists have created just such a device.

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Category: Robotics

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• Biomimicry
• Piezoelectric
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ESA's colossal mobile rocket gantry rolls out for the first time

Last week, the European Space Agency (ESA) completed the first rollout test of its 90 meter (295 ft)-tall mobile gantry, where the next generation of Ariane rockets will be assembled and protected at the launch zone prior to blasting off. The first Ariane 6 rocket is currently slated to make its maiden flight in the second half of 2020, when it will launch multiple satellites for the communications firm OneWeb.

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Skin-worn stretchable monitor wirelessly transmits health data

When it comes to the continuous monitoring of people's vital signs, the rigid electrodes that are typically adhered to the skin can be uncomfortable, awkward, and a cause of skin irritation. That's where a new soft, flexible, wireless monitor is designed to come in.

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Category: Health & Wellbeing

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• Georgia Tech
• Monitoring
• Skin
• wearable electronics

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Pill-size keychain blade puts cutting power in your (smallest) pocket

Ever receive a package and have nothing on hand to open it sharper than the keys in your pocket? With the Microblade Pill from Microcarry clipped to your keychain, you'll never experience that problem again. A different style of EDC knife, this capsule-style mini-tool won't cut thick rope or carve wood, but it will slice through packing tape, peel stickers and halve actual pills. It's rallying to victory on Kickstarter now and might just prove the handiest tiny knife in the drawer (or Altoids tin).

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Category: Good Thinking

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Human torso simulator is set to test back braces

If you were designing a new back brace, trying it out on people could be kind of risky – what if it was flawed, and ended up hurting the test subjects? It was with this in mind that scientists at Britain's University of Lancaster have created what is reportedly the world's first human torso simulator.

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Category: Good Thinking

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• Simulator
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Review: Taking the 2019 Chevrolet Colorado Bison to the High Plains

Bison belong on the open prairie running through tall grass, over hills and scrub. That's the picture many of us have of the American High Plains thanks to countless western movies. Chevrolet concocts that imagery for the Colorado mid-sized pickup truck through a partnership with American Expedition Vehicles (AEV).

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• Off-road
• Pickup
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 promises to be a premium Android tablet you'll be proud of

While there are plenty of budget Android tablets to pick from, high-end rivals to the iPad Pro are few and far between. Samsung just unveiled its latest contender in the form of the Galaxy Tab S6, which ramps up the specs and the style, and includes some appealing features for power users.

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Category: Mobile Technology

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Joola launches versatile, app-controlled ping pong training robot

Ping pong is a two (or four) player game, but if you need to practice alone then a robot server can help. Though basic cheap models are available, more advanced features can come with a pretty high price tag. Joola says that its Infinity Smart Table Tennis Training Robot boasts advanced features for a fraction of the cost of high end robot trainers.

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Category: Games

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• Kickstarter
• Pong
• Robot
• Sport
• Training

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House of Marley injects sustainability into wireless listening

Another week, another pair of truly wireless earphones. But the Liberate Air buds from the House of Marley separate themselves from the likes of Apple's AirPods, Sony's new WF-1000XM3s and the Melomania 1s from Cambridge Audio by adding some sustainability spice to the recipe.

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Category: Wearables

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• Earphones
• Sustainable
• Wireless

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JAXA releases footage of Hayabusa 2 spacecraft's second asteroid touchdown

The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a video showing the climactic moments of the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft's second descent to the surface of asteroid Ryugu. The goal of the risky operation was to capture newly exposed material from the asteroid's interior, which had been forcefully ejected during the creation of an artificial crater on Ryugu's surface in early April.

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Category: Space

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• Hayabusa 2
• JAXA
• Video

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Snowball planets may still have habitable hotspots

When looking for other planets that could be hosting life, astronomers tend to focus on those that are very Earth-like. But doing so might be limiting our scope too much and underselling life's hardiness. A new study has used simulations to show that even Earth-like planets completely encased in ice could still have areas warm enough for life, muddying up the already-murky definition of habitable worlds.

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Category: Space

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• Earth
• Exoplanet
• Geology
• Habitable zone
• Life
• Planet
• Simulations

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Selective antibiotics target specific bacteria to spare the microbiome

Antibiotics are one of the most important medical marvels of the modern age, letting us easily treat infections that would have once been lethal. The problem is they aren't picky, blasting good and bad bacteria alike and messing up the delicate balance of the gut microbiome. But now researchers have developed a more targeted approach, with drugs that are able to zero in on specific species of bacteria.

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• Bacteria
• Drug
• Drugs
• Gut Bacteria
• Health
• Malaria
• Microbes
• Microbiome

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How an electrical tickle to the ear could help apply the brakes to aging

Running from the abdomen up to the brain, it is perhaps not a surprise that the vagus nerve finds itself at the center of all kinds of medical research. Scientists have previously shown that stimulating this particular nerve could lead to new treatments for depression, epileptic seizures and even awaken consciousness after a 15-year stint in a vegetative state. Scientists at the University of Leeds have now added another to this list of exciting possibilities, demonstrating how targeting the vagus nerve could help slow some of the effects of aging.

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Category: Medical

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• Aging
• Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation
• University of Leeds

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Mictic's motion-tracking wristbands turn movement into music

The Mictic body instrument is a pair of motion-sensing wristbands that connect to your phone via Bluetooth and then create music to match your movements, giving you the chance to play weird air-instruments, or generate a custom soundtrack for your dance moves.

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Category: Music

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• Dance
• Digital music

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16 bikes likely to sell for more than $100,000 in Monterey

Monterey Car Week is where the world's most monied automotive enthusiasts congregate once a year, and as many car enthusiasts share a similar passion for motorcycles, there's always a smattering of elite motorcycles spread across the six auctions. This year there are 15, maybe 16 motorcycles that are expected to fetch six figures, spearheaded by two Crocker v-twins likely to sell for more than $500,000 apiece in Monterey.

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Category: Motorcycles

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• Bonhams
• Brough Superior
• Crocker
• Dayton
• Ducati
• Flying Merkel
• Gooding & Co
• Harley Davidson
• Indian
• Lotus
• Mecum
• Sears

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Full-width digital dashboard revealed for the Honda e compact EV

Honda has been drip-feeding details on its forthcoming Honda e electric hatchback for a while now. We've learned about the radical camera-based side mirrors and the "skateboard" chassis, and now Honda has revealed details of the stylish – yet almost domestic looking – panoramic digital dash.

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• Cars
• Electric
• Honda
• Personal Assistant
• Touchscreen

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Facebook-backed brain research decodes thoughts as words instantly for the first time

Machines that can connect to our brains and interpret its electrical signals hold all kinds of potential in all kinds of areas. A perfect demonstration of this is a research partnership between scientists at the University of California San Francisco, who want to help disabled patients speak again, and Facebook, which is pursuing technologies that would allow the general population to type words with their mind. This collaboration has now produced an exciting breakthrough, demonstrating technology that for the first time, decodes brainwaves as words and phrases in real time.

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Category: Computers

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• Brain Computer Interface
• Brain Machine Interface
• Facebook
• University of California San Francisco

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RNA recovered and sequenced from 14,000-year-old mummified wolf

Under the right conditions, DNA has been known to last for thousands of years, allowing scientists to study the genomes of ancient Egyptians, the very first Brits, and even early human ancestors. RNA, on the other hand, degrades much more quickly and was thought impossible to recover in older samples. But now researchers have done exactly that, isolating and sequencing the RNA of a 14,000-year-old wolf found frozen in the Siberian permafrost.

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Category: Science

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• Animals
• DNA
• Genetics
• Paleontology
• RNA
• University of Copenhagen
• University of Tubingen

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Humble beginnings for Roborace: The world's first autonomous car race is run and done

A little piece of history has gone down at the Monteblanco racetrack in Spain, with the world's first fully autonomous car race completed last week. Two teams pitted code and cars against one another, with Team Arrival beating out the Technical University of Munich to take the first ever Roborace win.

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Category: Automotive

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