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Nanobots can now enter brain cells to spy on what they’re doing
Fleets of advanced versions may one day be able to detect disease and then go about surgically treating it — without ever opening the skull.
By Nikk Ogasa
Brain
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Health & MedicineNew brain scans may show if a concussion has not yet healed
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ComputingSleep helps AI models learn new things without forgetting old ones
Breaks in training meant to mimic human sleep helped artificial intelligence learn multiple tasks.
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BrainThe pandemic prematurely aged teens’ brains
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