Spot goes to Pompeii: Why a robot dog is patrolling ancient ruins

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog Spot has been tasked with a new job - patrolling the ancient ruins of Pompeii. The robot will be used to inspect the site for safety issues and record structural changes over time to better manage the historic ruins.

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Landmark study finds 42 new genetic risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease

A study has identified 75 genomic regions associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The findings add to a growing hypothesis immune dysfunction drives the disease and also raise the possibility of developing a predictive Alzheimer’s genetic risk test

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3 ways to count the number of occurrences of a specific word or phrase in a Word document

Image: prima91/Adobe Stock Returning the number of times a word or phrase occurs in a Microsoft Word document is a common task for many writers and editors. You don’t want…

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Study suggests blueberry extract could help heal chronic wounds

For some time now, blueberries have been claimed to slow the progression of memory loss. A new study now suggests that compounds found in the berries may also help heal chronic wounds such as diabetes-related skin pressure ulcers.

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Octo carabiner multi-tool sports a fold-out bit driver/glass breaker

In recent years, we've seen an increasing number of multi-tools that incorporate a carabiner main body. One of the latest is the Octo, which features a fold-out magnetic bit driver that doubles as an automotive window glass breaker.

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Hydrogel designed to remove every bit of those “blasted” kidney stones

Although kidney stones can be treated with medication, larger ones are often broken up with an endoscopic laser. A new hydrogel is now claimed to be capable of removing even the smallest of the resulting fragments, instead of just leaving them.

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